Jiang, Li; Anupindi, Ravi - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 12 (2010) 1, pp. 102-119
A common phenomenon that occurs in any decentralized multilocation system is stock imbalance, whereby some locations have unsatisfied demands while others are overstocked. The system can be rebalanced by using a search process that is driven by either the customers or the retailers. In a...