Zhang, Cheng; Tan, Gek-Woo; Robb, David J.; Zheng, Xin - In: Omega 34 (2006) 5, pp. 427-438
This paper evaluates the benefit of a strategy of sharing shipment information, where one stage in a supply chain shares shipment quantity information with its immediate downstream customers--a practice also known as advanced shipping notice. Under a periodic review inventory policy, one...