The value of information sharing in a two-stage supply chain with production capacity constraints: The infinite horizon case

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-274

  Simchi Levi, David ^a   Zhao, Yao ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MARKOV CHAINS; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AVERAGE COST CRITERION; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; INFINITE TIME HORIZON; NON-STATIONARY DEMAND; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; PRODUCTION CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; TWO-STAGE SUPPLY CHAINS; VALUE OF INFORMATION SHARING;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 2042539304     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269964804182089     Document Type: Review

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