Inventory management for an assembly system subject to supply disruptions

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2079-2092

  De Croix, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximations; Dynamic programming; Heuristics; Inventory; Multi item; Multiechelon; Multistage; Production; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATIONS; HEURISTICS; INVENTORY; MULTI-ITEM; MULTIECHELON; MULTISTAGE; STOCHASTIC;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84884154643     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1660     Document Type: Article

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