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Periodic Review Inventory Systems

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Abstract

In the previous chapter we have defined the vocabulary that we will use to talk about inventory systems (Sect. 2.1), what structure and elements may constitute them (Sect. 2.2), and which performance metrics may apply to decide in the end which system configuration we prefer to the other (Sect. 2.3). We are therefore now ready to take a systematic look at the literature that appears relevant to our study.

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Wensing, T. (2011). Literature Overview. In: Periodic Review Inventory Systems. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 651. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20479-1_3

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