Inventory management is one of the key functions in any supply chain. Since inventory cost
occupies a significant portion of supply chain cost, it is essential to employ a good inventory …

Due to the large amount of money engaged with inventory along supply chains, especially
with inventory holding costs, it is extremely important to employ a good inventory policy in …

One of the basic problems in supply chain operation is lack of information exchanges related
to inventory between vendor and retailer. Vendor managed inventory (VMI) provides a good …

In many supply networks, the retailers are reluctant to share information about demand and
inventory level to the vendor. This might lead to many difficulties for the vendor in …

In this research, an integrated inventory problem is formulated for a single-vendor multiple-
retailer supply chain that works according to the vendor managed inventory policy. The …

In this paper we develop two models for an inventory system in which the distributor
manages the inventory at the retailers location. These type of systems correspond to the …

This paper discusses how a vendor and multiple retailers interact in a vendor managed
inventory (VMI) system under stochastic demand. It is assumed that the vendor replenishes …

Vendor managed inventory is an integrated approach for retailer–vendor coordination,
according to which the vendor decides on the appropriate inventory levels within bounds …

In a two-stage supply chain system, vendor managed inventory (VMI) policies is an
integrating decisions between a supplier and his retailers. The supplier assumes the …

During the past two decades, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) has become one of the most
effective and popular approaches in supply chain management (VMI)(Lee & Chu, 2005; De …