Strategic inventory placement in supply chains: Nonstationary demand

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-287

  Graves, Stephen C ^a   Willems, Sean P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base stock policy; Dynamic programming application; Multiechelon inventory system; Multistage supply chain application; Nonstationary demand; Safety stock optimization

Indexed keywords

BASE-STOCK POLICY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING APPLICATION; MULTIECHELON INVENTORY SYSTEM; MULTISTAGE SUPPLY CHAIN APPLICATION; NONSTATIONARY DEMAND; SAFETY STOCK OPTIMIZATION;

APPLICATIONS; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TURPENTINE;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 61349134153     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1070.0175     Document Type: Article

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