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Direct linkBandy, D. Brent – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2005
In managing business process flows, safety stock can be used to protect against stockouts due to demand variability. When more than one location is involved, the concept of aggregation enables the pooling of demands and associated inventories, resulting in improved service levels without increasing the total level of safety stock. This pooling of…
Descriptors: Business, Industry, Safety, Simulation
