Inventory policies for supply chains: A system dynamics model based study

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4353-4359

  Janamanchi, Balaji ^a  

^a Texas A and M International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory policies; Optimization; Simulation modeling; Supply chain dynamics; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY POLICIES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION-SIMULATION; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SAFETY STOCK; SAFETY STOCK LEVELS; SUPPLY CHAIN DYNAMICS; SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 74849085816     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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