Safety stock or safety lead time: Coping with unreliability in demand and supply

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7463-7481

  Van Kampen, Tim J ^a   Van Donk, Dirk Pieter ^a   Van Der Zee, Durk Jouke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

advance demand information; material requirements planning; safety lead time; safety stock; simulation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE DEMAND INFORMATION; MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING; SAFETY LEAD TIME; SAFETY STOCK; SIMULATION;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78349241768     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903348346     Document Type: Article

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