Safety stock placement problem in capacitated supply chains

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4709-4727

  Sitompul, Carles ^a   Aghezzaf, El Houssaine ^a   Dullaert, Wout ^b   Van Landeghem, Hendrik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capacity constraint; Periodic review; Safety stock; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COMPETITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; COMPETITIVE BUSINESS; DEMAND VARIABILITY; EXCESS CAPACITY; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); SAFETY STOCK PLACEMENT; SAFETY STOCKS; SERVICE LEVELS; SOLUTION APPROACH;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 48249103949     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701278406     Document Type: Article

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