Supplier allocation and safety stock determination based on supplier reliability

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-430

  Ruiz Torres, Alex J ^a   Mahmoodi, Farzad ^b   López, Francisco J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fety stock determination; Supplier failure costs; Supplier selection and allocation; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957583333     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2010.035630     Document Type: Article

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