Jackson, George C.; Stoltman, Jeffrey J.; Taylor, Audrey - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 24 (1994) 1, pp. 4-10
Logisticians are trained to identify trade‐offs and to devise compromising solutions which produce the lowest total costs. For example, the economic batch size is a compromise between setup costs and inventory carrying costs. Presents a problem‐analysis technique which helps the analyst to...