Bushuev, Maxim A.; Guiffrida, Alfred L. - In: International Journal of Production Economics 137 (2012) 2, pp. 226-234
The paper introduces a concept of the optimal positioning of the delivery window to the final customer in a serial … supply chain. Optimally positioning the delivery window minimizes the expected penalty cost due to early and late delivery …. The conditions for the optimal position of the delivery window are derived for the general form of a delivery time …