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 …

we analyze the effect on inventory performance of having minimum order quantities for the different products in the joint …

, 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 …