A note on lateral transshipment under point-process driven demand

作者：Paul Anand^*; Yenipazarli Arda

来源：Operations Research Letters, 2013, 41(2): 159-163.

DOI：10.1016/j.orl.2012.12.005

• Lateral transshipment
• Point process
• Non-homogeneous Poisson process

We analyze lateral transshipment for items whose demand is driven by an arbitrary point process. We find conditions under which lateral transshipment stochastically lowers the cost of a system of demand centers. Our main structural result is that transshipment works best for slow-moving items, such as spare-parts, when the demands are driven by non-homogeneous or homogeneous Poisson processes. We also obtain general results that apply when demand is driven by an arbitrary point process.

• 出版日期2013-3