A distribution inventory model with transshipments from a support warehouse

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-322

  Axsäter, Sven ^a   Howard, Christian ^a   Marklund, Johan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inventory; Multi echelon; Spare parts; Stochastic demand; Transshipments

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY; MULTIECHELON; SPARE PARTS; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; TRANSSHIPMENTS;

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 84876728863     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.706375     Document Type: Article

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