Using Complete Squares Method to Optimize Replenishment Policies in a Four-Stage Supply Chain with Planned Backorders
We develop a four-stage, serial supply chain inventory model with planned backorders. This supply chain model is formulated for the integer multipliers coordination mechanism, where firms at the same stage of the supply chain use the same cycle time and the cycle time at each stage is an integer mul...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Asia University
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Advances in Decision Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/745896 |