Cachon, Gérard P.; Zipkin, Paul H. - In: Management Science 45 (1999) 7, pp. 936-953
We investigate a two-stage serial supply chain with stationary stochastic demand and fixed transportation times. Inventory holding costs are charged at each stage, and each stage may incur a consumer backorder penalty cost, e.g. the upper stage (the supplier) may dislike backorders at the lower...