An inventory control system for spare parts at a refinery: an empirical comparison of different re-order point methods

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2006.11.008zbMath1278.90033OpenAlexW2029609216MaRDI QIDQ2383110

Eric Porras, Rommert Dekker

Publication date: 5 October 2007

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.11.008

zbMATH Keywords

inventory controlservice levelsSpare partsdemand classesre-order points

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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Uses Software

• bootstrap

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