Inventory pooling to deliver differentiated service

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-44

  Alptekinoglu, Aydin ^a   Banerjee, Arunava ^b   Paul, Anand ^c   Jain, Nikhil ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Servigistics India   (India)

Author keywords

Aftermarket services; Demand correlation; Inventory allocation policy; Inventory pooling; Pooling benefit; Spare parts; Type 1 service level

Indexed keywords

AFTERMARKET SERVICES; DEMAND CORRELATION; INVENTORY ALLOCATION; INVENTORY POOLING; POOLING BENEFIT; SERVICE LEVELS; SPARE PARTS;

NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SALES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 84875262139     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1120.0399     Document Type: Article

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