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Intra-Firm Inventory Management Model with Transshipments
College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
- 1 College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
- 2 College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management·Volume 07 (2017)·Pages 15–26·Published 3 January 2017·DOI10.4236/ajibm.2017.71002
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Abstract
This paper analyzes the implementation of transshipments among two independent locations which belong to one parent firm and the impact of transshipments, when implemented between these two locations. We examine how the possibility of such transshipments affects the optimal inventory orders at each location and find that, if each location aims to maximize its own profit, their inventory choices will not in general maximize joint profits. However, we find transshipment prices which if implemented by the parent firm as incentive design will make each location behave in order to optimize aggregate profit.
KeywordsInventory ManagementTransshipmentsNewsvendor Model
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