It is well-known that the production decisions are influenced by the state of the production process. Therefore, the process must be maintained in top operating conditions through adequate maintenance programmes. A supply chain with one producer and multiple newsvendors is considered in this...

It is very common to assume deterministic demand in the literature of integrated targeting – inventory models. However, if variability in demand is high, there may be significant disruptions from using the deterministic solution in probabilistic environment. Thus, the model would not be...