A two-echelon inventory-location problem with service considerations

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 730-744

  Mak, Ho Yin ^a   Shen, Zuo Jun Max ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Response time requirements; Service parts inventory systems; Supply chain design

Indexed keywords

BASE STOCK; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; EXPECTED COSTS; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; LAGRANGIAN HEURISTICS; LOCATION PROBLEMS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; NP-HARD; NUMBER OF SERVICES; QUEUING SYSTEMS; RESPONSE TIME; SERVICE CENTER; SERVICE CONSTRAINTS; SET OF CUSTOMERS; SPARE PARTS INVENTORIES; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; STORAGE CAPACITY; SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN; TWO-ECHELON INVENTORY;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

EID: 73049109200     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20376     Document Type: Article

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