Simple Solution Procedures for a Class of Two-Echelon Inventory Problems

Sven Axsäter
Sven Axsäter
Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

Published Online:1 Feb 1990https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.38.1.64

Abstract

We consider an inventory system with one warehouse and N retailers. Lead times are constant and the retailers face independent Poisson demand. Replenishments are one-for-one. We provide simple recursive procedures for determining the holding and shortage costs of different control policies.

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