| Article ID: | iaor1989422 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 16 |
| End Page Number: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | May 1989 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Dunsmuir W.T.M., Snyder R.D. |
| Keywords: | demand |
The problem of controlling inventories with intermittent demands is considered. A method for determining re-order levels consistent with a specified customer service level is proposed. The distinguishing feature is the use of a probability distribution with a spike at zero to represent the relative frequency of periods with no transactions.