Supplies from developing countries: Optimal order quantities under loss risks

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-130

  Sounderpandian, Jayavel ^a   Prasad, Sameer ^b   Madan, Manu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Global supply chains; Optimization; Production planning and control; Stochastic programming

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

EXPECTED LOSS; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; LONG-LEAD TIME; MATERIAL LOSS; MONOTONICS; OPTIMAL ORDER QUANTITY; OPTIMISATIONS; ORDERING QUANTITY; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL; RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS;

STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34247268130     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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