Managing information and supplies inventory operations in a manufacturing environment. Part 2: An order-timing and sizing algorithm

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1767-1779

  Baker, Tim ^a   Jayaraman, Vaidyanathan ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithm; forecasting; optimisation

Indexed keywords

BASELINE METHODS; FILL RATE; FORECAST ERRORS; INVENTORY HOLDING; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; NON-STATIONARY DEMAND; NUCLEAR FUEL ROD; OPTIMISATIONS; ORDER QUANTITY; ORDERING COST; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PLANNING HORIZONS; REORDER POINTS; SIMULATION METHODOLOGY; SIZING ALGORITHMS;

FORECASTING; MANUFACTURE; NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84861385693     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.570421     Document Type: Article

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