 A producer–retailer inventory model with considerations of transportation costAliReza Madadi, Jalal Ashayeri and Mary E. Kurz International Journal of Operational Research, 2010, vol. 9, issue 3, 272-286 Abstract: Two-echelon inventory systems are widely used to distribute products among the customers over wide areas. Many researchers have studied their operating characteristics under a variety of conditions and assumptions. In most papers attention has been paid to the minimisation of inventory costs, but the cost of transportation is an influential factor in setting the right levels of inventories among the echelons being neglected. In this paper, we consider an inventory system consisting of a producer and N-retailers with an assumed inventory policy. Determination of optimal retailers' orders and production quantities takes into account the transportation costs. We conclude that the model can effectively be used as a tool to increase pricing transparency among producer, retailer, and third party logistics service providers. It can also reflect the environmental (social) costs of transportation. Keywords: EOQ; economic order quantity; EPQ; economic production quantity; inventory management; transport costs; two-echelon inventory systems; producer–retailer inventory modelling; inventory policy; pricing transparency; producers; retailers; third party logistics; 3PL service providers. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijores:v:9:y:2010:i:3:p:272-286 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Operational Research from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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