Efficient purchaser incentive when dealing with suppliers implementing continuous improvement plans

DOI10.1111/itor.12059zbMath1306.91096OpenAlexW2159657527MaRDI QIDQ5175835

Christian van Delft, Laoucine Kerbache

Publication date: 25 February 2015

Published in: International Transactions in Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.12059

zbMATH Keywords

dynamic programmingcontinuous improvementstochastic decision processcollaborative cost reduction processpurchaser incentives

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Dynamic programming (90C39)

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