Optimal policy for a multiechelon inventory system with batch ordering and fixed replenishment intervals

Operations Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-390

  Chao, Xiuli ^a   Zhou, Sean X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE COSTS; BATCH ORDERINGS; EFFICIENT ALGORITHMS; INVENTORY CONTROL POLICIES; LOT SIZES; LOWER BOUNDS; MATERIALS FLOWS; MULTI ECHELONS; MULTIECHELON INVENTORY SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL POLICIES; SYSTEM COSTS; TOTAL COSTS;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION;

COSTS;

EID: 65349106564     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1080.0636     Document Type: Article

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