Coordination in a single-vendor multi-buyer supply chain by synchronizing delivery and production cycles

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 90-111

  Chan, Chi Kin ^a   Kingsman, Brian G ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; Delivery; Inventory policy; Supply chain; Synchronized cycles; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COORDINATE; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33845467857     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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