Managing inventories in a two-echelon dual-channel supply chain

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-341

  Chiang, Wei Yu Kevin ^a   Monahan, George E ^b  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Channels of distribution; Direct marketing; E commerce; Inventory; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; WAREHOUSES;

CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION; DIRECT MANAGEMENT; DUAL-CHANNEL STRATEGY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 9644279796     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2003.08.062     Document Type: Article

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