Inventory control in multi-channel retail

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-111

  Schneider, Frank ^a   Klabjan, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory control; Multi channel retail; Multiple demand streams; Non linear cost; Periodic review lost sales; Poisson demand

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL PROCESS; BASE STOCK; BASE STOCK POLICY; BATCH ARRIVALS; COST COMPONENTS; INVENTORY CONTROL POLICIES; LEADTIME; LOST SALE; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTIPLE DEMAND STREAMS; NONSTATIONARY; ONLINE BUSINESS; OPTIMAL VALUE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMALITY; ORDERING COST; PARTICULAR DISTRIBUTION; PENALTY COST; PERIODIC REVIEW; POISSON ARRIVAL PROCESS; POISSON DEMANDS; REVENUE MANAGEMENT; SALES CHANNELS; SINGLE CHANNELS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

SALES;

EID: 84872919836     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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