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Volume 16, Issue 3
1 March 1986
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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management
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Review Article| March 01 1986

Restocking Inventory in Groups: A Transport Inventory Case Available to Purchase

Frank P. Buffa
Frank P. Buffa
Texas A & M University
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1747-3683
Print ISSN: 0269-8218
© MCB UP Limited
1986
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management (1986) 16 (3): 29–44.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014632

The study described here used data from a retailer of soft goods and housewares to evaluate various inventory‐grouping methods and to determine an optimal method considering inventory, transportation and consolidation costs. The specific objectives of this article are:

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