A heuristic for balancing the inventory level of different locations through lateral shipments

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-95

  Tiacci, Lorenzo ^a   Saetta, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distribution; Inventory; Supply chain; Transshipment

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER DEMANDS; DISTRIBUTION; EXPECTED COSTS; INVENTORY; INVENTORY LEVELS; LEADTIME; OPTIMALITY; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRANSSHIPMENT; TRANSSHIPMENT POLICY; TRANSSHIPMENT PROBLEM;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79952590488     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.04.034     Document Type: Article

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