A three-echelon supply chain coordination with quantity discounts for multiple items

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-573

  Chang, Ching Ter ^a   Chiou, Chei Chang ^b   Yang, Ya Wen ^b   Chang, Shu Chin ^b   Wang, Wanncherng ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Joint replenishment; Multi echelon; Multi item; Quantity discount; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION MECHANISMS; FINITE PLANNING HORIZON; HOLDING COSTS; INTEGER SOLUTIONS; INTEGRATED MODELS; JOINT REPLENISHMENT; LINEARISATION; MIXED INTEGER; MULTI-ITEM; MULTIECHELON; MULTIPLE ITEMS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; ORDERING COST; PURCHASING COSTS; QUANTITY DISCOUNT; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION; THREE-ECHELON; TOTAL COSTS;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COSTS;

EID: 77951919200     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207720903072340     Document Type: Article

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