We analyze a supply chain consisting of one manufacturer and one retailer under consignment sales with a revenue …

an inventory-dependent demand. The supplier hopes to incentive the retailer to order more items by offering trade credit …

Consider the inventory placement problem in an N-stage supply system facing a stochastic demand for a single planning … period. Each stage is a stocking point holding some form of inventory (e.g., raw materials, subassemblies, product returns or …

This paper studies the inventory system of a retailer who orders his products from two supply sources, a local one that … global source only partially satisfy the quality requirements. We model this situation with a dual-sourcing inventory model … inventory model with an unreliable supplier by a sequence of dual-sourcing models with reliable suppliers and suitably modified …

, cultural and demographic differences and variations in store format. Accounting for these variations appropriately in inventory … store demands leads to a higher expected profit, for a given inventory and total mean demand. If more than one inventory …-optimizing store inventory policies in midseason. In this paper, we formulate a dynamic stochastic optimization model that determines …

This paper proposes an adaptive fuzzy control application to support a vendor managed inventory (VMI). The methodology … management in allocating inventory by coordinating suppliers and buyers to ensure minimum inventory levels across a supply chain …

We consider the inventory control problem of an independent supplier in a continuous review system. The supplier faces … information about the inventory levels at the customer is available, reviews and ordering are usually carried out by the supplier … value of information about the customer’s inventory level. Our numerical study shows that if the supplier were to use the …

in case the manufacturer’s inventory falls short. We suggest a stochastic calculus framework to study the problem and … reduce the volatility of both inventory and production orders, the ratio between expected direct channel and retail sales …