Quantifying the value of buyer-vendor coordination: Analytical and numerical results under different replenishment cost structures

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 785-805

  Toptal, Ayşegül ^a   Çetinkaya, Sila ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cargo capacity; Cargo truck costs; Channel coordination; Coordination mechanisms; Joint lot sizing; Vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSPORTATION;

CARGO CAPACITY; CARGO/TRUCK COSTS; CHANNEL COORDINATION; COORDINATION MECHANISMS; JOINT LOT-SIZING; VENDOR-MANAGED INVENTORY;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 36849083428     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.05.047     Document Type: Article

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