A periodic-review inventory control policy for a two-level supply chain with multiple retailers and stochastic demand

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-62

  Wang, Qinan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coordinated replenishment; Risk stock pooling; Time based inventory control policy; Warehouse system

Indexed keywords

COSTS; SALES; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAREHOUSES;

BATCH ORDERING POLICIES; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; FIRST COME FIRST SERVED; INVENTORY CONTROL POLICIES; MULTIPLE RETAILERS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; ORDER-UP-TO POLICY; WAREHOUSE SYSTEMS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 84878013290     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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