Impact of frequency of alignment of physical and information system inventories on out of stocks: A simulation study

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-55

  Agrawal, Paras M ^a   Sharda, Ramesh ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment of inventories; Inventory inaccuracy; Out of stocks; RFID; Simulation model; Stockout

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY INACCURACY; INVENTORY INFORMATION; INVENTORY MANAGERS; MODERATE VALUE; OUT OF STOCK; PHYSICAL INVENTORIES; RANDOM LOSS; SIMULATION MODEL; SIMULATION STUDIES; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; STOCK LOSS; STOCK-OUT;

ALIGNMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84855986922     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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