Characterizing order processes of continuous review (s, S) and (r, nQ) policies

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 534-547

  Noblesse, Ann M ^a   Boute, Robert N ^a,b   Lambrecht, Marc R ^a   Van Houdt, Benny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Batching; Bullwhip effect; Inventory; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

RANDOM PROCESSES;

BATCHING; BULLWHIP EFFECTS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONTINUOUS REVIEW; FIXED ORDERING COSTS; INVENTORY; INVENTORY POLICIES; VARIANCE AMPLIFICATIONS;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 84896493743     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.01.058     Document Type: Article

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