Inventory sharing under decentralized preventive transshipments

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 540-562

  Rong, Ying ^a   Snyder, Lawrence V ^b   Sun, Yang ^c  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominant strategy; Inventory sharing; Preventive transshipment

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED SUPPLY CHAINS; DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; DOMINANT STRATEGY; INVENTORY LEVELS; INVENTORY SHARING; OPTIMAL TRANSFERS; PREVENTIVE TRANSSHIPMENT; REPLENISHMENT POLICY; THRESHOLD POLICIES; TRANSFER PRICES;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77956912432     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20420     Document Type: Article

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