Dual sourcing : with arbitrary stochastic demand and stochastic lead times

• Autor principal: Schimpel, Ulrich (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: KIT Scientific Publishing 2010
• Materias: supply chain management; replenishment policy; logistics; dual sourcing; inventory management
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Companies with high-performing supply chains enjoy essential competitive ad- vantages. However, supply chain management faces an environment of rising risk that endangers these competitive advantages. One of the reasons is to outsource parts of their business. This bears the risk of significantly in...