Title :
Research on Vendor Managed Inventory in the Condition of Multiple Retailers 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 vendor and multiple retailers 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 :
electronic commerce; genetic algorithms; retailing; e-commerce; genetic algorithm; multiple retailers; vendor managed inventory; Algorithm design and analysis; Conference management; Contracts; Cost function; Environmental economics; Genetic algorithms; Inventory management; Mathematical model; Supply chain management; Supply chains; e-commerce; genetic algorithm; vendor managed inventory;
Conference_Titel :
Natural Computation, 2008. ICNC '08. Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jinan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3304-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICNC.2008.526
