Title :
Integration of Inventory and Transportation in Retail Chain Enterprises
Author :
Yanhong, Yi ; Fugen, Song ; Xiaowei, Wu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage., Univ. of Donghua, Shanghai, China
Abstract :
This paper investigates the dispatch polices for integrated inventory and transportation decisions. There are two different types of such police which called time-based and quantity-based polices. Considering the case of stochastic demand, the paper presents numerical results about two models. And the way of commodities management is supplied.
Keywords :
commodity trading; goods distribution; inventory management; retailing; stochastic processes; supply and demand; supply chains; transportation; commodities management; inventory integration; quantity-based policies; retail chain enterprises; stochastic demand; time-based policies; transportation decisions; Analytical models; Conference management; Costs; Inventory management; Logistics; Marine vehicles; Road transportation; Stochastic processes; Supply chain management; Wearable computers; Freight consolidation; Inventory; stochastic demand; transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computing Systems (APWCS), 2010 Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6467-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6468-5
DOI :
10.1109/APWCS.2010.97
