A Note on Bounds for Direct Shipping Cost

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.38.8.1212

The bounds on direct shipping cost developed by Gallego and Simchi-Levi are used in this note to demonstrate that it is difficult to rule out multiple stop inventory-routing strategies, even when the optimal shipment size for direct shipping is a full vehicle.

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