The effect of customer segmentation on an inventory system in the presence of supply disruptions

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2343-2352

  Chen, Yuerong ^a   Li, Xueping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKORDERS; CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION; CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVELS; INVENTORY POLICIES; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; MARKETING TOOLS; PARTIAL BACKORDERING; PRODUCT INVENTORY; STOCK OUTS; SUPPLY DISRUPTION;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INVENTORY CONTROL;

SALES;

EID: 77951578038     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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