| Article ID: | iaor20082886 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page Number: | 669 |
| End Page Number: | 676 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2007 |
| Journal: | Operations Research Letters |
| Authors: | Iravani Seyed M.R., Huang Boray |
| Keywords: | programming: markov decision, supply & supply chains |
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 and the modified echelon-stock rationing policies.