Wee, Kwan Eng; Dada, Maqbool - In: Management Science 51 (2005) 10, pp. 1519-1533
Motivated by recent reports of improved customer service facilitated by the use of transshipment to pool inventory, we develop a formal model that focuses on the role of transshipment in a system of n-retailers who stock a good. In addition, some stock may be kept at a warehouse. If a retailer...