A new heuristic to solve the one-warehouse N-retailer problem

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-272

  Abdul Jalbar, Beatriz ^a   Segerstedt, Anders ^b,c   Sicilia, Joaquín ^a   Nilsson, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Integer ratio policies; Supply chain management; Two echelon inventory system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONSTANT RATE; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; INTEGER-RATIO POLICIES; INVENTORY HOLDING; LEAD TIME; LOWER COST; MULTI-ECHELON INVENTORY; OVERALL COSTS; REPLENISHMENT POLICY; SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS; TWO-ECHELON INVENTORY SYSTEM;

HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAREHOUSES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 69549112879     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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