In this paper, we investigate an inventory system where a single manufacturer purchases and processes raw materials in order to deliver finished goods to multiple retailers. Earlier study in this type of supply chain only consider a single raw material in

In this paper, we consider a single-vendor single-buyer supply chain problem where a single vendor order raw materials from its supplier, then using its manufacturing processes converts the raw materials to finished goods in order to deliver finished good

  The purpose of this study is to propose guidelines for introducing the JIT(Just-In-Time) purchasing to enhance the competitiveness of Korean manufacturing companies. This study employed an extensive survey on the use of the JIT purchasing systems among