We present a periodic review inventory model with multiple delivery modes. We generalize the notion of the base-stock policy for inventory systems with multiple delivery modes. While base-stock policies are optimal for one or two consecutive delivery modes, it is not so otherwise. For multiple...

We present a periodic review inventory model with multiple delivery modes. While base-stock policies are optimal for one or two consecutive delivery modes, they are not so otherwise. For multiple consecutive delivery modes, we show that only the fastest two modes have optimal base stocks, and...

This paper is concerned with a periodic-review inventory system with three consecutive delivery modes (fast, medium, and slow) and demand forecast updates. At the beginning of each period, the inventory level and demand information are updated and decisions on how much to order using each of the...