Stock Allocation in a Two-Echelon Distribution System Or "What to Do Until Your Ship Comes In"

In this paper, we focus on a single order cycle of a warehouse, serving N retailers where the only shipments allowed during the cycle are from the warehouse to the retailers. For a simple ship-up-to-S allocation policy, we develop both the exact cost model and a computationally tractable approximate cost model for the case of identical retailers, and demonstrate empirically the benefits of centralizing at least a portion of the total system stock.

MoreLess

Year of publication:	1988
Authors:	Jackson, Peter L.
Published in:	Management Science. - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences - INFORMS, ISSN 0025-1909. - Vol. 34.1988, 7, p. 880-895
Publisher:	Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences - INFORMS
Subject:	inventory/production \| approximations \| multi-echelon \| issuing policies \| simulations

Online Resource

Check full text access |

More access options

Check Google Scholar

In libraries world-wide (WorldCat)

In German libraries (KVK)

subito order

I need help

More details

Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Other identifiers:	10.1287/mnsc.34.7.880 [DOI]
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009218048