We develop a typology for multi-echelon inventory management. The typology is used to
classify and review the extensive research of multi-echelon inventory management under …

In classic inventory models it is common to assume that excess demand is backordered.
However, studies analyzing customer behavior in practice show that most unfulfilled …

A three-echelon inventory system with two warehouses and N-retailers is considered in this
paper. Transportation times are constant and retailers face independent Poisson demand …

We propose an inventory control model for an uncapacitated warehouse in a manufacturing
facility under demand and lead time uncertainty. The objective is to make ordering decisions …

Historically, the echelons of the supply chain, warehouse, distributors, retailers, etc., have
been managed independently, buffered by large inventories. Increasing competitive …

This paper proposes a new inventory control system called the inventory/distribution plan
(IDP) control system for a one-warehouse/multi-retailer supply chain. In the IDP control …

This paper deals with a two-echelon inventory system for a non-repairable item where the
system consists of one warehouse and m identical retailers and uses continuous-review (R …

We consider a two-echelon, continuous review inventory system under Poisson demand
and a one-for-one replenishment policy. Demand is lost if no items are available at the local …

We consider a two-level supply chain with a number of identical, independent 'retailers' at
the lower echelon and a single supplier at the upper echelon controlled by continuous …

In this paper we introduce a new ordering policy for inventory control in a two-echelon
inventory system consisting of one central warehouse and a number of non-identical …