Dynamic procurement, quantity discounts, and supply chain efficiency

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-550

  Erhun, Feryal ^a   Keskinocak, Pinar ^b   Tayur, Sridhar ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance capacity procurement; Incremental quantity discounts; Strategic interactions; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449117518     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3401/poms.1080.0055     Document Type: Article

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