Rationing mechanisms and inventory control-policy parameters for a divergent supply chain operating with lost sales and costs of review

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1117-1130

  Paul, Brijesh ^a   Rajendran, Chandrasekharan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Allocation rules; Base stock levels; Divergent supply chain; Genetic algorithm; Inventory rationing; Lost sales; Mathematical programming model; Periodic review periods

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION RULE; BASE STOCK; DIVERGENT SUPPLY CHAIN; INVENTORY RATIONING; LOST SALE; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODEL; PERIODIC REVIEW;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COSTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; RESOURCE VALUATION; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 78650512995     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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