a School of Business Administration, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA b Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, C210 Tech., Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Abstract:
This paper considers a two-echelon capacitated supply chain with two non-identical retailers and information sharing. We characterize the optimal inventory policies. We also study the benefits of the optimal stock rationing policy over the first come first served (FCFS) and the modified echelon-stock rationing (MESR) policies.