Robust distribution planning for supplier-managed inventory agreements when demand rates and travel times are stationary

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1055-1065

  Aghezzaf, E H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Inventory routing; Robust planning; Supplier managed inventories

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SALES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CUSTOMER INVENTORIES; DISTRIBUTION PLANNING; INVENTORY ROUTING; INVENTORY ROUTING PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; OPTIMIZATION-SIMULATION; ROBUST PLANNING; SUPPLIER MANAGED INVENTORIES;

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EID: 47049099580     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602444     Document Type: Article

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