An approach to evaluate the impact of interaction between demand forecasting method and stock control policy on the inventory system performances

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-71

  Tiacci, Lorenzo ^a   Saetta, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coordinated replenishment; Demand forecasting; Interaction; Multiple item; Stock control

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ERRORS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

COORDINATED REPLENISHMENT; DEMAND FORECASTING; INTERACTION; MULTIPLE ITEM; STOCK CONTROL;

FORECASTING;

EID: 61449249240     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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