Assessing the value of early order commitment for supply chains with (s, S) policies and lost sales

International Journal of Applied Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-223

  Hu, Xiaoying ^a   Xie, Jinxing ^b  

^a Beijing Miracle Information and Technology Develop Co Ltd   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(s, S) policy; Early order commitment; EOC; Forecasting error; Inventory policy; Lost sales; Supply chain simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857346316     PISSN: 17558913     EISSN: 17558921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMS.2010.033565     Document Type: Article

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