Optimal and Heuristic Echelon (r,nQ,T) policies in serial inventory systems with fixed costs

Operations Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 414-427

  Shang, Kevin H ^a   Zhou, Sean X ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Batch ordering; Heuristic; Lower and upper bounds; Multiechelon inventory systems; Optimal policy; Replenishment interval

Indexed keywords

BACKORDERS; BATCH ORDERING; COST PARAMETERS; DELIVERY SCHEDULES; FIXED COST; HOLDING COSTS; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; MULTIECHELON INVENTORY SYSTEM; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPTIMAL BATCH SIZE; OPTIMAL POLICIES; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PENALTY COST; TOTAL COST FUNCTION; TOTAL COSTS;

COST ACCOUNTING; COST FUNCTIONS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

COSTS;

EID: 77951161653     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1090.0734     Document Type: Article

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