Newsvendor bounds and heuristics for serial supply chains with regular and expedited shipping

DOI10.1002/nav.20388zbMath1180.90109OpenAlexW2028697986MaRDI QIDQ3406123

Sean X. Zhou, Xiuli Chao

Publication date: 12 February 2010

Published in: Naval Research Logistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/64894

zbMATH Keywords

multi-echelon systemsbounds and heuristicsechelon base-stock policyregular and expedited shipping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06) Production models (90B30)

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Robust multi‐echelon inventory management with multiple suppliers ⋮ Typology and literature review on multiple supplier inventory control models ⋮ Determining optimal parameters for expediting policies under service level constraints

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