Decision support system for vendor managed inventory supply chain: A case study

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 53, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 4789-4818

  Borade, Atul B ^a   Sweeney, Edward ^b  

^a Jawaharlal Darda Institute of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case study; decision support system; genetic algorithm; vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHAINS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); DEMAND VARIABILITY; DISTRIBUTION COSTS; INVENTORY HOLDING; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84932196902     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.993047     Document Type: Article

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