Inventory and Supply Chain Management with Forecast Updates

• Main Authors: Sethi, Suresh P. (Author), Yan, Houmin (Author), Zhang, Hanqin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 81
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Management.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Business and Management, general.

Inventory and Supply Chain Management with Forecast Updates is concerned with the problems of inventory and supply chain decision making with information updating over time. The models considered include inventory decisions with multiple sources and delivery modes, supply-contract design and evaluat...

Table of Contents:

• Inventory and Supply Chain Models with Forecast Updates
• Examples from Industry
• Inventory Models with Two Consecutive Delivery Modes
• Inventory Models with Two Consecutive Delivery Modes and Fixed Cost
• Inventory Models with Three Consecutive Delivery Modes
• Multiperiod Quantity-Flexibility Contracts
• Purchase Contract Management: Fixed Exercise Cost
• Purchase Contract Management: Two-Player Games.