Leadtime management in a periodic-review inventory system: A state-dependent base-stock policy

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-129

  Lee, Jun Yeon ^a   Schwarz, Leroy B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Leadtime management; State dependent base stock policy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COST IMPACTS; INVENTORY; INVENTORY POLICIES; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; LEADTIME MANAGEMENT; MARGINAL COSTS; NEWSVENDOR MODELS; STATE-DEPENDENT BASE-STOCK POLICY; STOCHASTIC LEAD-TIMES; TOTAL COSTS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349098538     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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