The optimal replenishment policy for time-varying stochastic demand under vendor managed inventory

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 402-423

  Govindan, Kannan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adjusted silver meal (asm) heuristic; Pharmaceutical industry; Safety stock; Time varying stochastic demand; Vmi supply chain

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PURCHASING; SALES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILVER; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ADJUSTED SILVER-MEAL (ASM) HEURISTIC; INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; REPLENISHMENT POLICY; SAFETY STOCK; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; SUPPLY CHAIN SYSTEMS; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY;

COSTS;

EID: 84920656413     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.09.045     Document Type: Article

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