Topan, E; Bayindir, Z P - In: Journal of the Operational Research Society 63 (2012) 8, pp. 1143-1152
We consider a multi-item two-echelon spare part inventory system in which the central warehouse operates under an (nQ, R) policy and the local warehouses implement order-up-to S policy, each facing a compound Poisson demand. The objective is to find the policy parameters minimizing expected...