Evaluation of stock allocation policies in a divergent inventory system with shipment consolidation

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-309

  Howard, Christian ^a   Marklund, Johan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Continuous review; Inventory; Multi echelon; Shipment consolidation; Stochastic; Stock allocation

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS REVIEW; INVENTORY; MULTIECHELON; SHIPMENT CONSOLIDATION; STOCHASTIC; STOCK ALLOCATION;

INVENTORY CONTROL; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAREHOUSES;

SALES;

EID: 79951681586     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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