Supporting hurricane inventory management decisions with consumer demand estimates

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-100

  Morrice, Douglas J ^a   Cronin, Paul ^a   Tanrisever, Fehmi ^b   Butler, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Disruption management; Forecasting; Humanitarian operations; Hurricanes; Inventory management

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; DISASTERS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; SALES; STATE SPACE METHODS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONSUMER DEMANDS; DISRUPTION MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS; HURRICANE EVENTS; INVENTORY ALLOCATION; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MATCHINGS; NATURAL DISASTERS;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84982108496     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2016.05.006     Document Type: Article

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