Multi-level inventory management decisions with transportation cost consideration

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 719-734

  Madadi, Alireza ^a   Kurz, Mary E ^a   Ashayeri, Jalal ^b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centralized ordering; Decentralized ordering; Inventory management; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COST; INVENTORY; LOGISTICS; MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETAILING; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 77952668566     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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