Altug, Mehmet Sekip; van Ryzin, Garrett - In: International Journal of Production Economics 141 (2013) 2, pp. 626-638
We consider a multi-supplier, single-manufacturer supply chain where each supplier sells a different component at varying quality levels. The manufacturer has to decide on which quality level to choose for each component, trading-off the total cost and total quality. Each supplier decides on a...