Efficiency in the supply chain can be established by integrating supplier-retailer inventory policy. This article proposes integrated model between under stochastic demand. aims to determine optimal review period and calculate total cost, including some defective items, backorder price discounts, losing flexibility costs. We assume that retailer order 'n' times for every 'm' shipment from suppl...

This study develops an optimization model to integrate facility location and inventory control for a three-level distribution network consisting of a supplier, multiple distribution centers (DCs), and multiple retailers. The integrated model addressed in this study simultaneously determines three types of decisions: (1) facility location (optimal number, location, and size of DCs); (2) allocati...

In this paper, we develop integrated retail shelf space allocation and inventory models for a single item with a stock dependent demand. The integrated models are developed for a supply chain operating under vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and consignment stock (CS) agreement. More precisely, the supplier is responsible for initiating orders on behalf of the retailer and decides about the size o...

The importing-and-exporting goods normally requires organizational cooperation among different international sectors ranging from purchasing, manufacturing, transporting, inventory, to distribution centers. For having their smooth coordination in the international trade, accurately forecasting the volume of imported-exported goods has become the core issue. This paper aims to obtain efficient f...

With the emerging of global economy and the development of the technology in computer and communications, the enterprises are facing to new opportunities but also more challenges, which led to the concept of SC (Supply Chain). By controlling and collaborating each part of the supply chain, SCM (Supply Chain Management) reaches the aim of reducing the cost, improving the quality as well as servi...