logistics cost minimization.Design/methodology/approach: In order to optimize the safety stock level while minimizing logistics … costs, a nonlinear cost minimization safety stock model is developed in this paper and then it is applied in a real world … within the supply chain. Originality/value: In this research, two models of cost minimization and simulation have been …

studies were of moderate to high quality. Spontaneous vaginal delivery cost patients and health systems between USD 6-52 and … maternal hemorrhage they range between USD 65-196 and USD 30-127, respectively. Patient cost for caring low-birth weight babies … ranges between USD 38-489 while the health system cost was estimated to be USD 514. Conclusion: This is the first systematic …

completely back-ordered for the buyer. With these assumptions, the annual cost function of JELS is minimized. At the end, a …