Supply planning and inventory control under lead time uncertainty: a literature review and future directions

The majority of publications in the scientific literature investigate stochastic demand processes with constant order lead times. In practice, inventory management software like MRP is used by companies even if ignored uncertainty this work, we influence type and existing solutions proposed literature. To do this, ARTIREV tool to identify major schools thought competing filed highlight current emerging research themes. One conclusion obvious from preliminary work. Even though times are very disruptive supply chain, as seen during Covid crisis, most work still only interested uncertainties related demand.