Yang, L.; Ng, C.T.; Cheng, T.C.E. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 201 (2010) 1, pp. 112-122
This paper evaluates the effects of the distribution centre (DC) in a vendor-managed inventory (VMI) system comprising one manufacturer, one DC and n retailers. Adopting the order-up-to-level (OUL) replenishment policy, the system aims to maximize the overall system profit. We propose a model to...