Title :
Research on Vendor Managed Inventory in the Condition of Multiple Vendors in E-Commerce
Author :
Zhang, Lei ; Wei, Haiying ; Zuo, Xiaoming
Author_Institution :
Manage. Sch., Jinan Univ., Guangzhou
Abstract :
With and without vendor managed inventory (VMI), two inventory cost models in the condition of one retailer and multiple vendors in e-commerce have been presented. Then according to the status of VMI implementation, the optimized analysis about inventory cost is analyzed by using genetic algorithm.
Keywords :
costing; electronic commerce; genetic algorithms; inventory management; retailing; e-commerce; genetic algorithm; inventory cost; retailer; vendor managed inventory; Algorithm design and analysis; Cost function; Environmental economics; Genetic algorithms; Internet; Inventory management; Mathematical model; Pricing; Supply chain management; Supply chains;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.1443
