Optimal Expediting Policies for a Serial Inventory System with Stochastic Lead Time

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1524-1536

  Kim, Chiwon ^a   Klabjan, Diego ^b   Simchi Levi, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic ordering; expediting; inventory management; multi echelon supply chain; stochastic lead time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943362336     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12344     Document Type: Article

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