Quantifying the effectiveness of VMI and integrated inventory management in a supply chain with uncertain lead-times and uncertain demands

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 590-600

  Song, Dong Ping ^a   Dinwoodie, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inventory management; Stochastic dynamic programming; Supply chain; Uncertainty; Vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DATA MINING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SUPPLY CHAINS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ANOVA ANALYSES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; INTEGRATED INVENTORIES; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY MANAGEMENTS; INVENTORY POLICIES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; RELATIVE PERFORMANCES; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMINGS; UNCERTAIN DEMANDS; UNCERTAINTY; VENDOR-MANAGED INVENTORY;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 57349199394     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280802420571     Document Type: Article

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