Ju, Wanrong; Gabor, Adriana F.; van Ommeren, J.C.W. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 244 (2015) 2, pp. 490-497
This paper studies the inventory system of a retailer who orders his products from two supply sources, a local one that is responsive and reliable, but expensive, and a global one that is low-cost but less reliable. The deliveries from the global source only partially satisfy the quality...