Silver E.A.

E.A. Silver

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Found 24 papers in total
Inventory management under date-terms supplier trade credit with stochastic demand and leadtime
Inventory management under date-terms supplier trade credit with stochastic demand and leadtime
2006
Executives and academics alike are expressing increasing interest in supplier trade...
Inventory control of raw materials under stochastic and seasonal lead times
Inventory control of raw materials under stochastic and seasonal lead times
2005
Most inventory modelling has assumed stochastic demands and constant lead times....
Process management instead of operations management
Process management instead of operations management
2004
In this article a challenge is provided to the operations management community to...
Evaluation of two simple extreme transshipment strategies
Evaluation of two simple extreme transshipment strategies
2005
We consider an organization that has more than one outlet (retailer or regional...
Estimating the out-of-control rate from control chart data in the presence of multiple causes and process improvement
Estimating the out-of-control rate from control chart data in the presence of multiple causes and process improvement
2004
A processed monitored with an --> X --> chart is considered. It may go out of control...
A modified Silver–Meal heuristic for dynamic lot sizing under incremental quantity discounts
A modified Silver–Meal heuristic for dynamic lot sizing under incremental quantity discounts
2004
This note presents a variation of the well-known Silver–Meal heuristic to deal...
An overview of heuristic solution methods
An overview of heuristic solution methods
2004
Besides those analysts who are already familiar with a number of heuristic methods,...
Using composite moving averages to forecast sales
Using composite moving averages to forecast sales
2002
Combining moving averages has been suggested as a simple and practical means to...
Hybrid genetic algorithm for the economic lot-scheduling problem
Hybrid genetic algorithm for the economic lot-scheduling problem
2002
The economic lot-scheduling problem (ELSP) is an important production scheduling...
The multi-item newsvendor problem with a budget constraint and fixed ordering costs
The multi-item newsvendor problem with a budget constraint and fixed ordering costs
2000
This paper deals with a multi-item newsvendor problem subject to a budget constraint...
Tabu search when noise is present: An illustration in the context of cause and effect analysis
Tabu search when noise is present: An illustration in the context of cause and effect analysis
1998
In the field of combinatorial optimization, it may be possible to more accurately...
A fast heuristic for minimising total average cycle stock subject to practical constraints
A fast heuristic for minimising total average cycle stock subject to practical constraints
1999
We address a problem of setting reorder intervals (time supplies) of a population of...
Some replenishment rules considering payment periods and risk of outdating
Some replenishment rules considering payment periods and risk of outdating
1998
This paper is devoted to the study of the effects of payment terms on the...
Inventory management with periodic ordering and minimum order quantities
Inventory management with periodic ordering and minimum order quantities
1998
Periodic review systems are commonly employed by distributors and retailers to...
Exact and approximate algorithms for the multi-period procurement problem where dedicated supplier capacity can be reserved
Exact and approximate algorithms for the multi-period procurement problem where dedicated supplier capacity can be reserved
1996
This paper is concerned with a multi-period inventory problem where the demand and the...
Dealing with a shelf life constraint in cyclic scheduling by adjusting both cycle time and production rate
Dealing with a shelf life constraint in cyclic scheduling by adjusting both cycle time and production rate
1995
The situation of a family of items sharing a piece of production equipment is...
Some ideas regarding reserving supplier capacity and selecting replenishment quantities in a project context
Some ideas regarding reserving supplier capacity and selecting replenishment quantities in a project context
1994
In this paper the authors consider the context of a major project whose execution...
A note on ‘Use of cost and accuracy measures in forecasting method selection: A physical distribution example’
A note on ‘Use of cost and accuracy measures in forecasting method selection: A physical distribution example’
1994
Silver makes some comments on a paper by Flores et al. [IAOR 52756] to which the...
A modification of the Silver-Meal heuristic to handle MRP purchase discount situations
A modification of the Silver-Meal heuristic to handle MRP purchase discount situations
1993
The paper introduces an alternative approach for determining lot sizes for purchased...
Inventory management of chemical supplies at Alberta wheat pool
Inventory management of chemical supplies at Alberta wheat pool
1991
This article describes a study undertaken for a major Canadian agricultural supply...
Probability density functions of task-processing times for deterministic, time-varying processor efficiency
Probability density functions of task-processing times for deterministic, time-varying processor efficiency
1990
The authors consider a task being performed in an environment in which the work-rate...
Decreasing expected shortages through order splitting
Decreasing expected shortages through order splitting
1990
In this paper the authors consider the policy of splitting each replenishment order...
A microcomputer inventory control package for controlling families of items
A microcomputer inventory control package for controlling families of items
1989
Inventory management is concerned with two basic questions: 1. how much to reorder,...
Materials management in large-scale construction projects: Some concerns and research issues
Materials management in large-scale construction projects: Some concerns and research issues
1989
This paper is the result of an ongoing research project, a major step of which was the...
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