Introducing a new ordering policy in a two-echelon inventory system with Poisson demand

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 212-218

  Haji, Rasoul ^a   Neghab, Mohammadali Pirayesh ^a   Baboli, Armand ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Inventory control policy; Poisson demand; Two echelon

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MILITARY OPERATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SALES; WAREHOUSES;

CENTRAL WAREHOUSES; DETERMINISTIC DEMANDS; FIXED NUMBERS; INVENTORY AND PRODUCTIONS; INVENTORY CONTROL POLICY; INVENTORY COSTS; INVENTORY POLICIES; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; ORDERING POLICIES; POISSON DEMAND; SYSTEM COSTS; TIME INTERVALS; TWO-ECHELON;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 58049194044     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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