Lead-time investigation and estimation in divergent supply chains

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 177-189

  Berling, Peter ^a   Farvid, Mojtaba ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(R,nQ) policy; Inventory control; Lead time; Multi echelon; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; SALES; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAREHOUSES;

CENTRAL WAREHOUSE; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LEADTIME; MULTIECHELON; SERVICE LEVELS; STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; STOCHASTIC LEAD TIME;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84922677015     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.04.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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