Quantity discount and handling-charge reduction schemes for a manufacturer supplying numerous heterogeneous retailers

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 425-445

  Lau, Amy Hing Ling ^a   Lau, Hon Shiang ^b   Zhou, Yong Wu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Handling charge reduction; Order incentives; Quantity discount; Supply chain contracts

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SALES;

HANDLING-CHARGE REDUCTION; ORDER INCENTIVES; QUANTITY DISCOUNT; SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACTS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 41549138864     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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