Impact of inventory inaccuracy on service-level quality in (Q,R) continuous-review lost-sales inventory models

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-311

  Thiel, Daniel ^a   Hovelaque, Vincent ^b   Thi Le Hoa, Vo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Continuous model; Continuous review inventory system; Discrete time simulation; Inventory inaccuracy; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CONTINUOUS MODELS; CONTINUOUS-REVIEW INVENTORY SYSTEMS; DATA INACCURACIES; DEMAND FLUCTUATIONS; DEMAND VARIATIONS; DISCRETE-TIME SIMULATION; INVENTORY INACCURACY; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY MODELS; INVENTORY RECORD INACCURACY; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; MONOTONE FUNCTIONS; SAFETY STOCK; SIMULATION MODELING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TRANSIENTS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 74149088223     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.08.031     Document Type: Article

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