Transshipment of inventories: Dual allocations vs. transshipment prices

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-318

  Huang, Xiao ^a   Sošić, Greys ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Keywords inventory sharing; Supply chain coordination; Transshipment

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION METHODS; EFFICIENCY LOSS; FRACTILES; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; NASH EQUILIBRIA; NEWSVENDORS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RESIDUAL DEMAND; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION; TRANSSHIPMENT PROBLEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; HEAT SHIELDING; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SALES;

EID: 77952193767     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1090.0267     Document Type: Article

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