Inventory service-level optimization within distribution network design problem

Miranda, PA; GARRIDO, RA

Abstract

We propose a sequential heuristic approach to optimize inventory service levels in a two-stage supply chain. The proposed approach deals with service level and inventory decisions, simultaneously with network design decisions, and incorporating unfulfilled demand costs in a previous inventory-location model. A two-step formulation is considered, where the first step optimizes service level and the second step addresses location and inventory decisions. Each algorithm iteration solves an inventory-location model for a fixed service level, and then the service level is updated in order to reach an equilibrium condition between operating system and unfulfilled demand costs. The algorithm converged in three iterations for a set of sample instances, obtaining the same outcome in comparison with a more intuitive, exact, but more time-consuming search procedure. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Título según WOS: Inventory service-level optimization within distribution network design problem
Título según SCOPUS: Inventory service-level optimization within distribution network design problem
Título de la Revista: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
Volumen: 122
Número: 1
Editorial: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 276
Página final: 285
Idioma: English
URL: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0925527309001923
DOI:

10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.06.010

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS