The paper studies the impact of a green supplier’s overconfidence on inventory decisions in a supply chain consisting of a supplier facing effort-dependent stochastic demand and a rational retailer. The overconfident supplier may overestimate the product demand due to carbon-reduction green...

We consider the simultaneous design and operation of remnant inventory supply chains. Remnant inventory is generated when demand for various lengths of a product may be satisfied by existing inventory, or by cutting a large piece into smaller pieces. We formulate our problem as a two-stage...