Stocking decisions for repairable spare parts pooling in a multi-hub system

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 93-94, Issue SPEC.ISS., 2005, Pages 309-317

  Wong, Hartanto ^a   Cattrysse, Dirk ^a   Van Oudheusden, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Inventory; Inventory pooling; Lateral transshipment; Markov process; Spare parts

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; HEURISTIC METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

INVENTORY HOLDING COST; INVENTORY POOLING; LATERAL TRANSSHIPMENT; SPARE PARTS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 9544235190     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.06.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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