Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) represents the methodology through which the upstream
stage of a supply chain (vendor) takes responsibility for managing the inventories at the …

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

Adverse events may cause chaotic phenomena such as uncertain delay, port congestion,
and slow turnover efficiency of container ships, making the container logistics supply chain …

This paper describes the impact of collaborative transportation management (CTM) on the
performance of manufacturing supply chains using a multi-agent approach. Two supply …

This article describes a robust design for a milk storage and refrigeration logistics system for
a dairy cooperative located in the Ubaté region of Colombia using a binary programming …

The primary purpose of this paper is to highlight for the research community and
practitioners the various aspects of using VMI-type supply chains in today's business …

Globalization and new technologies led to the global and lean supply chains that we see
today. But cost-efficiency alone does not create customer value. Goods and services have to …

Purpose This paper aims to optimise the dynamic performance of production–inventory
control systems in terms of minimisation variance ratio between the order rate and the …

The principle of integrity in designing the vendors managed inventory (VMI) models has
made these models more complicated. The implementation of these models requires the …

Today the market is moving toward multiformity, and it requires a variety in products, which
in turn generates variation in demand that gives rise to many managerial problems such as …