Production and Inventory Management with Substitutions

• Main Author: Lang, J. Christian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 636
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Mathematical optimization.; Management science.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Optimization.; Operations Research, Management Science.

This book addresses production and inventory management problems where products can be replaced by specified substitutes. Depending on the considered application, substitutions can potentially improve the service level, reduce required safety stocks and total setup costs and times, utilize cost vari...