An integrated guaranteed- and stochastic-service approach to inventory optimization in supply chains

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-119

  Klosterhalfen, Steffen T ^a   Dittmar, Daniel ^b   Minner, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Guaranteed service; Inventory; Multi echelon; Partitioning; Stochastic service

Indexed keywords

GUARANTEED SERVICE; INVENTORY; MULTIECHELON; PARTITIONING; STOCHASTIC SERVICE;

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84879991295     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.05.032     Document Type: Article

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