Determining the reorder point and order-up-to-level in a periodic review system so as to achieve a desired fill rate and a desired average time between replenishments

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1244-1253

  Silver, E A ^a   Naseraldin, H ^a   Bischak, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion process; Heuristics; Inventory control; Stochastic; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONTINUOUS REVIEW; DIFFUSION MODEL; DIFFUSION PROCESS; HEURISTICS; PERIODIC REVIEW; PERIODIC REVIEW SYSTEMS; RANDOM LEAD-TIME; STOCHASTIC;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 68649120888     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602655     Document Type: Article

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