Title :
Profit variety for inventory decision changing in supply chain under fuzzy demand environment
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Eng., Shandong Univ. of Finance, Ji´´nan, China
Abstract :
In this paper, it is investigated for the profit variety in supply chain when inventory decision changes from downstream to upstream, and in which the demand of market is assumed to be a fuzzy variable. Firstly, the profit variety of retailer and supplier are compared when the inventory decision changes from retailer to supplier, respectively. Then, some propositions are given for improving the profit of the retailer and the supplier in supply chain. Finally, the future research direction are discussed.
Keywords :
fuzzy set theory; inventory management; supply chains; fuzzy demand environment; inventory decision change; profit variety; supply chain; Educational institutions; Fuzzy systems; Inventory; fuzzy demand; information sharing; inventory decision; supply chain;
Conference_Titel :
Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Qingdao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6526-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICMLC.2010.5580981