On the benefits of operational flexibility in a distribution network with transshipment

Omega

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-361

  Yu, Dennis Z ^a   Tang, Sammi Y ^b   Niederhoff, Julie ^c  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand uncertainty; Inventory; Operational flexibility; Transshipment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957109263     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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