Inventory management with an exogenous supply process

Operations Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-129

  Muharremoglu, Alp ^a   Yang, Nan ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory production; Multiechelon, policies, review lead times

Indexed keywords

BASE STOCK; BASE STOCK POLICY; CUSTOMER PROBLEMS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; INVENTORY/PRODUCTION; LEADTIME; MULTIECHELON; MULTISTAGE SYSTEM; SINGLE STAGE SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC LEAD TIME; STOCHASTIC LEAD-TIMES; SUPPLY PROCESS; THRESHOLD POLICIES;

INVENTORY CONTROL; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COSTS;

EID: 77249107654     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1090.0706     Document Type: Article

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