Some Models for Understanding the Cooperation between the Supplier and the Buyer

• Main Authors: MOOSA, Sharafali, CO, Henry C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Operations and Supply Chain Management; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/891; https://doi.org/10.1080/002075400422734
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper presents some stochastic models of cooperation between the supplier and the buyer. We first recall some of the results that pertain to the case where the buyer and the supplier formulate their inventory policies independently and sequentially. Next, we analyse the case where the buyer and...