likely to occur and is greater in size in supply chains in which inventory control is centralized rather than decentralized …

more likely to occur and is greater in size in supply chains in which inventory control is centralized rather than …

which do not reflect most real life inventory systems. This paper proposes an inventory system where the items ordered are … capable of growing during the course of the inventory replenishment cycle, for example livestock. Furthermore, it is assumed … determine the optimal inventory policy, a model, which aims to maximize the expected total profit, is developed and numerical …

The study sought to determine the role of vendor-managed inventory and form postponement in mitigating against the … are overstocking, obsolescence, and inventory holding costs. A survey of conveniently chosen 100 bakeries was conducted in … bullwhip effect can be mitigated if bakery businesses pursued either or both of the vendor-management inventory and the form …

The coordination of order policies constitutes a great challenge in supply chain inventory management as various … inventory costs are only suitable to a limited extent. In contrast, we adopt a heuristic approach, from the domain of artificial … chain inventory management before nor is it yet widely disseminated in other branches of operations research. We develop an …

-loop system. Interestingly, we observe a U-shaped relationship between the inventory performance and the return yield. However …

)-type inventory management problem successfully accounts for these features of the data. Moreover, the model can account for import … and import price dynamics in the aftermath of large devaluations. In particular, desired inventory adjustment in response …

Behavioral studies and recent empirical research suggest higher levels of inventory on hand can lead consumers to … increase consumption. Inventory on hand is therefore posited to exert two countervailing forces on the probability of purchase … incidence. First, higher levels of inventory reduce the likelihood of purchase as the consumer feels less pressure to buy. At …