In this paper we analyse the effect of a cutoff transaction size in a simple newsboy setting. It is assumed that customers with an order larger than a prespecified size are satisfied in an alternative way, against additional cost. For compound Poisson demand with discrete order sizes, we show...

In this paper the repair kit problem is studied, where technicians have to visit several customers to repair broken appliances (such as copiers or heating systems) and they can only take a limited set of parts with them (called the repair kit). In this problem, it has to be decided which spare...

In this paper, we consider a serial two-echelon periodic review inventory system with two supply modes at the most upstream stock point. As control policy for this system, we propose a natural extension of the dual-index policy, which has three base-stock levels. We consider the minimization of...