Kwak, Jin Kyung; Gavirneni, Srinagesh - In: International Journal of Production Economics 132 (2011) 2, pp. 271-278
We investigate how the retailer's inventory policy affects the total cost of a serial supply chain. When the retailer uses the locally optimal (s,S) policy, there is randomness in order time and order quantity to the supplier whereas the supplier sees randomness only in order quantity for the...