The value of SKU rationalization in practice (the pooling effect under suboptimal inventory policies and nonnormal demand)

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-29

  Alfaro, José A ^a,b,c   Corbett, Charles J ^d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g INSEAD ^*

Author keywords

Inventory management; Pooling; Product variety; Rationalization; SKU; Stock keeping unit; Suboptimal inventory policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644271806     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2003.tb00195.x     Document Type: Article

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