Analysing the effectiveness of vendor-managed inventory in a single-warehouse, multiple-retailer system

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1953-1965

  Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan Abdul ^a,b   Aghezzaf, El Houssaine ^a   Limère, Veronique ^a   Raa, Birger ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

deterministic demand; inventory control; inventory routing; supply chain optimisation; VMI

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; SHIPS; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAREHOUSES;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DETERMINISTIC DEMAND; INVENTORY ROUTING; SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMISATION; SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE; TRANSPORTATION COST; TWO-STAGE SUPPLY CHAINS; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY;

SALES;

EID: 84954394167     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2014.965771     Document Type: Article

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