We study a supply chain with one supplier and many retailers that face exogenous endcustomer demands. The supplier and the retailers all try to minimize their own inventory-relate...
In this paper we study a decentralized distribution supply chain with one supplier and many newsvendor-type retailers that face exogenous end-customer demands. Using total supply ...
This paper evaluates the impact of information sharing strategies on the performance of a supply chain. We consider three forms of information sharing strategies: (1) order informa...
– The philosophy of Kanban is that parts and materials should be supplied at the very moment they are needed in the factory manufacturing process. e-based inter-enterprise supply...
When a supply chain is established supply chain management (SCM) needs supporting tools for the tasks of operative planning, scheduling, and coordination. These tasks have to be p...