Inventory management in humanitarian operations: Impact of amount, schedule, and uncertainty in funding

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 595-603

  Natarajan, Karthik V ^a   Swaminathan, Jayashankar M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Funding; Humanitarian operations; Inventory management

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; OPERATING COSTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; FUNDING; HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; REPLENISHMENT POLICY; STOCHASTIC INVENTORY MODEL; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY;

FINANCE;

EID: 84908508320     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.2014.0497     Document Type: Article

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