In this paper, we consider a serial two-echelon periodic review inventory system with two supply modes at the most … three base-stock levels. We consider the minimization of long run average inventory holding, backlogging, and both per unit …

"supply learning" (i.e., distribution updating) and investigate how supply learning influences both sourcing and inventory …, we completely characterize the firm's optimal sourcing and inventory decisions for the supply-learning model. Among other …Dual sourcing and inventory are two prevalent and widely studied strategies firms use to manage yield risk. A pervasive …

trade-off between single and multiple sourcing, as well as keeping inventory and having a back-up supplier. The results …

An approximation for the fill rate, i.e. the percentage of demand being delivered from inventory on hand immediately …, is derived for items in a periodic review inventory control system with lost sales. We assume demand is stochastic and … inventory control systems assumes that unmet demand is backordered. The major reason for this is that the analysis of a general …

operational issue of quantity allocation between two uncertain suppliers and its effects on the inventory policies of the buyer …

and covers many interesting examples, for instance in inventory management. Due to the curse of dimensionality, the …

single period inventory model with product carbon footprint constraint. An upper bound for the carbon footprint is specified …

We develop a dynamic model of inventory investment and trade to examine how firms adjust to changes in international … are shown to significantly reduce both the inventory-sales and the import-sales ratios, as the firm adjusts its stockout …