Effective Zero-Inventory-Ordering Policies for the Single-Warehouse Multiretailer Problem with Piecewise Linear Cost Structures

Lap Mui Ann Chan
Lap Mui Ann Chan
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School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ana Muriel
Ana Muriel
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
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Zuo-Jun Max Shen
Zuo-Jun Max Shen
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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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David Simchi-Levi
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The Engineering Systems Division and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Chung-Piaw Teo
Chung-Piaw Teo
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Department of Decision Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Lap Mui Ann Chan

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School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Ana Muriel

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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

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Zuo-Jun Max Shen

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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

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David Simchi-Levi

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The Engineering Systems Division and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Department of Decision Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Published Online:1 Nov 2002https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.48.11.1446.267

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