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Inventory Buffers

Inventory Buffers is a risk mitigation construct within supply chain continuity that refers to a strategic reserve of goods or materials deliberately maintained to absorb variability in supply or demand, thereby distinguishing it from routine inventory levels by its specific function in disrupting downstream operational disruptions.

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2017–2026

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The impact of endogenous demand on push–pull production systems

Paulo Gonçalves, Jim Hines, John D. Sterman · System Dynamics Review · 2005 · 120 citations · Full text

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Inventory buffers in recoverable manufacturing

V. Daniel R. Guide, Rajesh Srivastava · Journal of Operations Management · 1998 · 117 citations

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Text-Based Measure of Supply Chain Risk Exposure

Di Wu · Management Science · 2023 · 103 citations

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Role of Inventory Buffers in Construction Labor Performance

Michael Horman, H. Randolph Thomas · Journal of Construction Engineering and Management · 2005 · 91 citations

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“Just-for-Peak” buffer inventory for peak electricity demand reduction of manufacturing systems

Mayela Fernandez, Lin Li, Zeyi Sun · International Journal of Production Economics · 2013 · 89 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RI
    Rómulo I. Zequeira

    Université de Technologie de Troyes, France

    2 publications · 98 citations

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  2. SB
    Stanley B. Gershwin

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  3. SX
    Sherman X. Bai

    University of Florida, United States

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  4. JE
    José E. Valdés

    University of Havana, Cuba

    2 publications · 98 citations

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  5. SN
    Serguei Netessine

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    1 publications · 25 citations

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Institutions

34

  1. University of Havana

    Havana, Cuba

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    98 citations

  2. Université de Technologie de Troyes

    Troyes, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    98 citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  5. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  6. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  7. Constructor University

    Bremen, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  8. U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology

    Dayton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    117 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Production Research

    5 publications · 186 citations

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  2. Production Planning & Control

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  3. Management Science

    2 publications · 134 citations

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  4. International Journal of Production Economics

    2 publications · 154 citations

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  5. IIE Transactions

    2 publications · 59 citations

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