Dual sourced supply chains: The discount supplier option

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-23

  Ganeshan, Ram ^a   Tyworth, John E ^b   Guo, Yuanming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Inventory; Lead time policy; Supplier selection

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

COST/ECONOMICS; INVENTORY; INVENTORY COSTS; LEAD-TIME POLICY; LEADTIME; LONG-LEAD TIME; PURCHASE PRICE; SIMPLE HEURISTICS; SUPPLIER SELECTION; TRANSPORTATION COST;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

ECONOMIC THEORY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 0032965949     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-5545(98)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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