Joint managed inventory is an advanced supply chain inventory management tool, which will effectively tackle the complicated problem between the inventory cost of supply chain and service level. The research on inventory model and its’ control under JMI environment is a hot issue at present. In this paper, the authors deeply discuss the question of the inventory time costs about the multi-produ...

The importance of information sharing in supply chain management is a matter of consensus between practitioners and researchers. Information sharing can increase supply chain efficiency by reducing inventories and smoothing production. Studies from different and recognised authors are reviewed, compiled and analyzed in three aspects. First, the types of shared information in supply chain are su...