Are base-stock policies optimal in inventory problems with multiple delivery modes?

Are base-stock policies optimal in inventory problems with multiple delivery modes?

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Article ID: iaor20081110
Country: United States
Volume: 54
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 801
End Page Number: 807
Publication Date: Jul 2006
Journal: Operations Research
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: base stock systems
Abstract:

We present a periodic review inventory model with multiple delivery modes. While base-stock policies are optimal for one or two consecutive delivery modes, they are not so otherwise. For multiple consecutive delivery modes, we show that only the fastest two modes have optimal base stocks, and provide a simple counterexample to show that the remaining ones do not. We investigate why the base-stock policy is or is not optimal in different situations.

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