Coordination of inventory and transportation managements in a two-level supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-145

  Kang, Jae Hun ^a   Kim, Yeong Dae ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Inventory management; Supply chain; Transportation planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTATIONAL TESTS; FINITE CAPACITY; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; HEURISTICS; INVENTORY HOLDING; INVENTORY LEVELS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; MATERIAL HANDLING COSTS; ON-DEMAND; TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

COMPETITION; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATERIALS HANDLING; PLANNING; PORTALS; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS; VEHICLES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70449517270     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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