Setting operating policies for supply hubs

Janat Shah
M Goh

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

International Journal of Production Economics

Abstract

This paper deals with the joint management of operations at the supply hub for the customer and the upstream supplier. Different operating conditions are considered, namely, backordering, minimum and maximum specified inventory levels. Some analytical insights on better managing suppliers operating under a vendor managed inventory program are presented. Essentially, we show that the penalty cost imposed on over- and under-stocking, and the min-max policy for hub inventory reside in the power of the hub operator. The relationship between supply hub policy and performance measures is quite complex and non-linear in nature. We suggest a structured hierarchical approach which can help supply hub in achieving balance between various parties involved in chain. A numerical example and an algorithm are included to highlight this result. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-4-2006

Publisher

Elsevier Science Bv

Volume

Vol.100

Issue

Iss.2

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