The joint transshipment and production control policies for multi-location production/inventory systems

• Main Authors: Bhatnagar, Rohit, Lin, Bing
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Business::Operations management; Inventory; Transshipment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144566
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, we study the joint transshipment and production control policies for multi-location production/inventory systems in which items are manufactured and stocked at each location to meet incoming demand. We formulate the problem as a make-to-stock queue to gain insight into the following q...