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 …

Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) system is a mechanism where the supplier creates the
purchase orders based on the demand information exchanged by the retailer/customer. In …

Vendor managed inventory (VMI) is a well-established supply chain practice where the
supplier is responsible for managing inventory at the retail point. In particular, the supplier …

Vendor-managed inventory is a coordinated system where a vendor decides about the
retailer's replenishment quantity and time. This work studies a two-echelon distribution work …

Vendor managed inventory (VMI) as a supply chain coordination mechanism has been
gaining a lot of attention. This paper develops analytical models for various approaches …

Abstract A Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) partnership places the responsibility on the
vendor (rather than on buyers) to schedule purchase orders for inventory replenishment in …

In supply chain management, the vendor managed inventory plays a vital role in production
systems to decrease the total costs by reducing the bullwhip effect. The vendor managed …

This paper considers a two-echelon supply chain model with a single vendor and two
buyers in which the vendor supplies the same item to both buyers at a finite production rate …

Firms such as Wal-Mart and Campbell's Soup have successfully implemented vendor
managed inventory (VMI). Articles in the trade press and academic literature often begin with …