Information sharing and order variability control Under a generalized demand model

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 781-797

  Chen, Li ^a   Lee, Hau L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information sharing; Inventory control; MMFE model; Order smoothing; Supply chain management; Variability reduction

Indexed keywords

BULLWHIP EFFECTS; DEMAND MODELS; EXPOSURE PERIOD; INFORMATION SHARING; MMFE MODEL; OPTIMAL POLICIES; OPTIMAL SMOOTHING PARAMETER; ORDER SMOOTHING; POSTPONEMENT STRATEGIES; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE; VALUE OF INFORMATION SHARING; VARIABILITY REDUCTION;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INVENTORY CONTROL; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 67649995880     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0983     Document Type: Article

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