The Role of the Internet and e-Commerce in the Supply Chain -- Supply Chain Integration Over the Internet -- Customer Service Models for Bricks, Clicks and in Between -- B2B Markets: Procuremen and Supplier Risk Management in E-Business -- Supply Chain Coordination Models and Applications --...

The focus of the work is twofold. First, it provides an introduction into fundamental structural and behavioral aspects of periodic review inventory systems. Second, it includes a comprehensive study on analytical and optimization aspects of a specific class of those systems. For the latter...

1 Introduction -- 2 Inventory Management -- 3 Supply Chain Contracts -- 4 Service Level Contracts -- 5 Optimal Inventory Allocation -- 6 Optimal Channel Selection -- 7 Conclusion and Critical Review -- Bibliography