Robust supply base management: Determining the optimal number of suppliers utilized by contractors

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-343

  Nam, Seong Hyun ^a   Vitton, John ^a   Kurata, Hisashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demand uncertainty; Optimal control; Optimal number of suppliers; Robustness; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SUPPLY CHAINS;

DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; MANAGEMENT COSTS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL NUMBER; OPTIMIZING MODELS; SUPPLY BASE; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 79960934161     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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