| Titre : | Estimating a retailer's base stock level: an optimal distribution center order forecast policy (2011) |
| Auteurs : | Williams, B. D., Auteur ; Waller, M. A., Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Journal of the operational research society (JORS) (Vol. 62 N° 4, Avril 2011) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 662–666 |
| Note générale : | Recherche opérationnelle |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 001.424 |
| Tags : | Forecasting Supply chain management Retailing Base stock policy |
| Résumé : | Errors in order forecasts are a salient source of inefficiencies in retail supply chains. Many operational decisions made by suppliers hinge on order forecasts, which typically are based solely on either order or point-of-sale (POS) history. Using a discrete-time formulation, this research demonstrates that if a supplier knows that a retailer is using a base stock policy, it should use that knowledge to forecast the retailer's orders, even if the supplier does not know the base stock level and/or have access to POS data. |
| DEWEY : | 001.424 |
| ISSN : | 0160-5682 |
| En ligne : | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n4/abs/jors201055a.html |
