Existing literature on supply chain coordination considers various mechanisms such as joint economic lot size, quantity discount and vendor managed inventory as distinct and disparate …
We investigate the coordination of a supply chain of deteriorating products under the JIT environment. Deteriorating products lose their quality over time, and their inventory and …
In the just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing system, the vendors ship in small batch sizes. Hence the buyers are at an advantageous position as they can reduce their inventory holding costs …