Periodic control of intermittent demand items: theory and empiricial analysis

Syntetos, A and Babai, M and Dallery, Y and Teunter, R H (2009) Periodic control of intermittent demand items: theory and empiricial analysis. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60 (5). pp. 611-618. ISSN 1476-9360

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a modification to the standard forecasting, periodic order-up-to-level inventory control approach to dealing with intermittent demand items, when the lead-time length is shorter than the average inter-demand interval. In particular, we develop an approach that relies upon the employment of separate estimates of the inter-demand intervals and demand sizes, when demand occurs, directly for stock control purposes rather than first estimating mean demand and then feeding the results in the stock control procedure. The empirical performance of our approach is assessed by means of analysis on a large demand data set from the Royal Air Force (RAF, UK). Our work allows insights to be gained on the interactions between forecasting and stock control as well as on demand categorization-related issues for forecasting and inventory management purposes.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of the Operational Research Society
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? intermittent demandforecastingperiodic stock control military logistics lead-timemanagement information systemsstrategy and managementmanagement science and operations researchmarketingdiscipline-based research ??
ID Code:
45114
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Deposited On:
11 Jul 2011 18:26
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Yes
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Published
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