Managing an integrated production inventory system with information on the production and demand status and multiple non-unitary demand classes

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 986-1001

  Elhafsi, Mohsen ^a   Camus, Herve ^b   Craye, Etienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Information sharing; Make to stock queues; Markov decision process; Production inventory control; Stock rationing; Supply chain applications

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SHARING; MAKE-TO-STOCK QUEUES; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; PRODUCTION/INVENTORY CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAIN APPLICATIONS;

COSTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 77955550023     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.04.036     Document Type: Article

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