On the effect of inventory policies on distribution network design with several demand classes

This paper studies the effect of several inventory policies on the design of a distribution network for fast-moving items able to provide differentiated service levels in terms of product availability for several demand classes. The authors consider the distribution network design problem when the global round-up, single class allocation, local separate stock, local round-up, and critical level inventory policies are used. They show how to formulate these problems as conic quadratic mixed-integer problems and prove that the critical level policy provides the lowest cost distribution network design. Further results and a computational study show how these different models compare in practice.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2017.10.019
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554517305756
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Escalona, P
  • Marianov, V
  • Ordóñez, F
  • Stegmaier, R
• Publication Date: 2018-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 229-240
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Volume: 111
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1366-5545
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Design; Inventory; Inventory control; Mixed integer programming; Networks; Physical distribution; Transportation policy
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01663368
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 21 2018 10:12AM