This paper studies a single-vendor–multi-retailer supply chain and considers the case where the vendor merges with one of its retailers. After the merger, the vendor supplies products to the market both through a direct (integrated) sales channel and through the remaining retailers. Different...

This paper studies a two-stage supply chain where returnable transport items (RTIs) are used to ship finished products from the supplier to the buyer. Empty RTIs are collected at the buyer and returned to the supplier. The return time of RTIs is considered to be stochastic in this paper, and...

This paper presents the results of a comprehensive literature review of the organization of purchasing covering the period from 1967 to 2009. The review provides a structured overview of prior research topics and findings and identifies gaps in the existing literature that may be addressed in...

Nowadays, it is an essential commitment for firms to reduce energy consumption and therewith energy costs, which frequently account for a large part of the manufacturing costs. This work analyzes a system where a single product is manufactured on a machine and delivered to the subsequent...

This article considers a single buyer sourcing a single product from a network of homogeneous suppliers. We assume a close and cooperative relationship between buyer and vendors and suggest two coordination mechanisms, which differently affect where inventory is held in the system. Accordingly,...

In a recent paper, Soni and Shah [Soni, H., Shah, N. H. (2008). Optimal ordering policy for stock-dependent demand under progressive payment scheme. European Journal of Operational Research 184(1), 91–100] developed a model to find the optimal ordering policy for a retailer with...

This paper provides a survey of literature reviews in the area of lot sizing. Its intention is to show which streams of research emerged from Harris' seminal lot size model, and which major achievements have been accomplished in the respective areas. We first develop the methodology of this...

This paper studies alternative methods for reducing lead time and their impact on the safety stock and the expected total costs of a (Q,s) continuous review inventory control system. We focus on a single-vendor–single-buyer integrated inventory model with stochastic demand and variable, lot...

Ben-Daya and Hariga [2004. Integrated single vendor single buyer model with stochastic demand and variable lead time. International Journal of Production Economics 92, 75-80] proposed a single vendor-single buyer integrated inventory model where they assumed that the vendor delivers the lot in...