Investigating the Value of Postponement in Inventory Routing Problems

Transportation and inventory management account for a large portion of the costs of distribution companies, so postponing delivery services could result in savings in these expenses. This particular study focuses on finding the optimal postponement horizon in which both routing and inventory holdi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saka, Fernando
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23240/