Optimal Policy for a Periodic-Review Inventory System Under a Supply Capacity Contract - Chao, Xiuli; Zipkin, Paul H (Operations research, 2008)
Keywords: Analysis; Applied sciences; Business orders; Capacity costs; Contracts; convexity; Cost efficiency; Cost functions; Costs; dynamic programming; Exact sciences and technology; Fixed costs; Heuristic; Heuristics; incentives; Inventories; Inventory control; Inventory control, production control. Distribution; K; Logistics; Manufacturers; Mathematical models; Minimization of cost; Operational research and scientific management; Operational research. Management science; optimal control; Optimal policy; Order quantity; periodic-review inventory systems; Poisson distribution; policies; Production control; s, S; Studies; Suppliers; United States; Fixed cost; Optimal policy; Periodicity; Modeling; Periodic control; Delivery (good); Production management; periodic-review inventory systems; optimal control; s; Quota; Lorry; Optimal control; Economic order quantity; Heuristic method; Ordering; Cost function; Inventory control; Convex function; Convexity; Dynamic programming; S policies; K-convexity; incentives; dynamic programming; Contract; Logistics