Enhanced lateral transshipments in a multi-location inventory system

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-327

  Paterson, Colin ^a   Teunter, Ruud ^b   Glazebrook, Kevin ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Inventory control; Lateral transshipments

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE COSTS; LARGE NETWORKS; LATERAL TRANSSHIPMENTS; MULTI-LOCATION INVENTORY SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL POLICIES; OPTIMALITY; SAFETY STOCK LEVELS; SERVICE LEVELS; SMALL NETWORKS; STOCK OUTS; STOCK REDISTRIBUTION; TRANSSHIPMENT POLICY;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 84861096839     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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