| Article ID: | iaor1993443 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 310 |
| End Page Number: | 312 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1991 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Atkins Derek R. |
| Keywords: | inventory: order policies |
The joint replenishment problem for the continuous review, constant demand multi-item inventory has received considerable attention when the nature of joint costs are a fixed major cost for any production and a minor cost for each item included. Exploiting an alternative bounding methodology, these results are extended to more complex joint costs.