This paper presents the economic production quantity (EPQ) models for the imperfect quality items produced with/without the presence of shortage condition. The models are presented in a two-level supply chain composed of a single manufacturer and a single buyer to investigate the performance of vendormanaged inventory (VMI) policy. The total costs are minimized to obtain the optimal production ...

In this paper we present two models for joint stock replenishment and shipment consolidation decisions which arise in the context of vendor managed inventory. Stock replenishment from suppliers or shipment to customers each incurs a lump-sum cost to the vendor. We assume the vendor uses the reorder point, lot-size policy to replenish stock and one of two schemes to dispatch shipment: the time-b...

Implementation and maintenance of interorganizational systems (IOS) require investments by all the participating firms. Compared with intraorganizational systems, however, there are additional uncertainties and risks. This is because the benefits of IOS investment depend not only on a firm’s own decisions, but also on those of its business partners. Without appropriate levels of investment by a...

This paper presents a market-driven approach to design production-distribution networks for the lumber industry. The approach is developed to tackle a vast array of issues, from the adaptation of an enterprise supply chain to its evolving environment, such as changing forest policies, to enterprise rationalizations through mergers or acquisitions. The methodology takes into account the specific...

This paper focuses on stock replenishment and shipment scheduling with deteriorating item for vendor-managed inventory systems. In consideration that demand process follows a typical Poisson process, hybrid replenishment and dispatching model with correction for VMI is proposed, and a combined solving approach named OSJCA is presented. As approximation of expected dispatching number per repleni...

Nowadays, companies are collaborating and forming supply chain partnerships under a certain scheme, such as vendor-managed inventory scheme. The collaboration increases the chain’s visibility, which leads to cost efficiency. It may also contribute enhancing green performance. This paper presents model guide managers in making optimal decisions considering logistics carbon emissions. A ven...

Corrigendum Corrigendum to ‘‘An integrated approach for logistic and vendor managed inventory in supply chain” [Expert Systems with Applications 37 (1) (2010) 39–44] V. Arora , F.T.S. Chan *, M.K. Tiwari a Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univer...