Supply Chain Management (SCM) bezeichnet "...the integration of business processes from the end user through original suppliers that provides products, services, and information that add value for customers." (Global Supply Chain Forum, 1998) SCM basiert insbesondere auf Konzepten des...

This paper is focused on the coordination of order and production policy between buyers and suppliers in supply chains. When a buyer and a supplier of an item work independently, the buyer will place orders based on his economic order quantity (EOQ). However, the buyer’s EOQ may not lead to an...