We consider a single-item production–inventory system under a base stock policy for inventory control. We model the system as a closed Gordon–Newell network. The population size of the network is equal to the base stock level, which is the sum of the finished goods and work-in-process...

Problem definition: We study the dynamic fulfillment problem in e-commerce, in which incoming (multi-item) customer orders must be immediately dispatched to (a combination of) fulfillment centers that have the required inventory. Methodology/results: A prevailing approach to this problem,...