A model for heuristic coordination of real life distribution inventory systems with lumpy demand

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-526

  Berling, Peter ^a   Marklund, Johan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Continuous review; Inventory production; Multi echelon; Poisson demand; Policies; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS REVIEW; INVENTORY/PRODUCTION; MULTIECHELON; POISSON DEMANDS; STOCHASTIC;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COSTS; INDUSTRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; WAREHOUSES;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 84879504899     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.053     Document Type: Article

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