Optimal Inventory Modeling of Systems Multi-Echelon Techniques /

• Main Author: Sherbrooke, Craig C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2004.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 72
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Mathematical optimization.; Calculus of variations.; Mechanical engineering.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Optimization.; Mechanical Engineering.

Most books on inventory theory use the item approach to determine stock levels, ignoring the impact of unit cost, echelon location, and hardware indenture. Optimal Inventory Modeling of Systems is the first book to take the system approach to inventory modeling. The result has been dramatic reductio...