Optimal periodic flexible policies for two-stage serial supply chains

• Main Authors: Liu, Fang, Gavirneni, Srinagesh
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Inventory; DRNTU::Business::Management; Periodic Flexibility
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90102; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48377
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In a two-stage serial supply chain, a periodic flexible policy (PF policy) allows the retailer to receive fixed orders that may depend on demand history in one period of the ordering cycle and order freely in other periods. Existing literature has shown that certain PF policies can significantly red...