Multi echelon spare parts inventory optimisation: A simulative study

Simulation in Wider Europe - 19th European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, ECMS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 409-414

  Zanoni, Simone ^a   Ferretti, Ivan ^a   Zavanella, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inventory; Multi echelon; Simulation; Spare parts

Indexed keywords

CLOSED QUEUING NETWORK; COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS; HIGH AVAILABILITY; INVENTORY; INVENTORY COSTS; MULTI ECHELON; NEW STRATEGY; OIL REFINING; OPTIMALITY; OPTIMISATIONS; SIMULATION; SPARE PARTS; SPARE PARTS INVENTORIES; SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENT; TECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

PETROLEUM REFINING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84856525333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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