Tsai, Chieh-Yuan; Tsai, Chi-Yang; Huang, Po-Wen - In: International Journal of Production Economics 117 (2009) 1, pp. 30-41
Many studies have shown that the total cost of employing joint replenishment for correlated items is less than the total cost of using single-item replenishment. Savings increase dramatically when the demand between items is closely related. Although the benefits of joint replenishment are...