On the calculation of safety stocks when demand is forecasted

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2016.06.035zbMath1394.90038OpenAlexW2443622517MaRDI QIDQ1752214

Dennis Prak, Aris A. Syntetos, Ruud H. Teunter

Publication date: 24 May 2018

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://orca.cf.ac.uk/92130/1/OnTheCalculationOfSafetyStocks.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

inventory controldemand forecastingsafety stockforecast uncertainty

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05) Dynamic programming (90C39)

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