The impact of demand variability and transshipment on vendor's distribution policies under vendor managed inventory strategy

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-48

  Chen, Xu ^a   Hao, Gang ^b   Li, Xun ^c   Yiu, Ka Fai Cedric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Demand uncertainty; Optimal distribution policies; Supply chain management; Transshipment; VMI

Indexed keywords

BULLWHIP EFFECTS; DEMAND AND SUPPLY; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; DEMAND VARIABILITY; EXPECTED PROFITS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMAL POLICIES; PLANNING HORIZONS; SALES FIGURE; SERVICE LEVELS; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE; TRANSSHIPMENT; TWO-ECHELON SUPPLY CHAIN; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY; VMI;

OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

SALES;

EID: 84863219716     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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