Dynamic demand fulfillment in spare parts networks with multiple customer classes

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-380

  Tiemessen, H G H ^a   Fleischmann, M ^b   Van Houtum, G J ^c   Van Nunen, J A E E ^d   Pratsini, E ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic demand fulfillment; Inventory; Multiple customer classes; Spare parts

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER CLASS; DYNAMIC DEMAND; INFINITE TIME HORIZON; INVENTORY; ITERATIVE CALCULATION; MAXIMUM RESPONSE TIME; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; SPARE PARTS;

CONTRACTS; COSTS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; WAREHOUSES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875470652     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.01.042     Document Type: Article

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