 
                                                                                | Article ID: | iaor1998182 | 
| Country: | United States | 
| Volume: | 31 | 
| Issue: | 2 | 
| Start Page Number: | 193 | 
| End Page Number: | 195 | 
| Publication Date: | May 1997 | 
| Journal: | Transportation Science | 
| Authors: | Jones Philip C., Qian Tianbing | 
| Keywords: | transportation: general | 
In this paper, we consider one warehouse/multiple retailer systems with transportation costs. The planning horizon is infinite and the warehouse keeps no central inventory. It is shown that the fully loaded direct shipping strategy is