Impact of Combined Feedback-Feedforward Control-Based Ordering Policies on Supply Chain Stability and Responsiveness

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-352

  Chaudhari, Gaurav S ^a   Sturges, Robert H ^b   Sandu, Corina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Ordering policy; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959737800     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.1085     Document Type: Review

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