Variations on the integrated inventory and transportation problem

"New research in supply-chain management recognizes that an integrated plan is required that coordinates different functional specialties within a firm; however, little research has focused on synchronizing inventory and transportation decisions. This research develops models that integrate inventory and transportation decisions systems in order to optimize decision variables that have traditionally been optimized sequentially. The results offer a framework for synchronous control policies for integrated inventory and transportation systems. In addition, the research derives new theoretical contributions related to an efficient algorithm for the traveling salesman problem and route failures in fixed partition routing problems with stochastic demand"--Abstract, page iii.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D. in Engineering Management

Grantor

University of Missouri--Rolla

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Suksawat Na Ayudhya, Wichitsawat

• Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/1671

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsmine.mst.edu:doctoral_dissertations-2673