Does inventory pooling improve customer service levels?

Meng Li; Jun Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.orl.2011.12.003

Does inventory pooling improve customer service levels?

Meng Li, Jun Zhang

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Abstract

We study the risk pooling problem in a two-location inventory system, and analytically demonstrate that pooling improves the Type-I service levels at both locations. We also present an example showing that pooling may reduce the Type-II service levels at both locations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	96-98
Number of pages	3
Journal	Operations Research Letters
Volume	40
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2011.12.003
State	Published - Mar 2012
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Software
Management Science and Operations Research
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Applied Mathematics

Keywords

Inventory pooling
Service level
Transshipment

Access to Document

10.1016/j.orl.2011.12.003

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