Research on the Collaboration Between Supply Chain Node Enterprise and TPL Provider: An Inventory Optimization Approach

Author

Liu Yan-ping ; Li Ying-jie ; Zhang Ruo-xue

Author_Institution

Dept. of Logistics Manage., Nankai Univ., Tianjin, China

fYear

2010

fDate

22-24 Jan. 2010

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

149

Abstract

Outsourcing the non-core business and establishing strategic alliance are vital for Supply Chain Management (SCM), which calls for the collaboration between node enterprise and Third Party Logistics (TPL) provider. On the approach of inventory optimization, the paper constructs quantitative model and reaches the conclusion that the collaboration is effective to optimize the inventory and increase the profit of Supply Chain (SC), which not only promises the whole optimal profit, but also creates a win-win situation.

Keywords

inventory management; logistics; optimisation; outsourcing; supply chain management; TPL provider; inventory optimization; noncore business; outsourcing; strategic alliance; supply chain management; supply chain node enterprise; third party logistics; Companies; Corporate acquisitions; Costs; Electronic learning; International collaboration; Inventory management; Logistics; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Technology management; Collaboration; Inventory Optimization; Supply Chain Management (SCM); Third Party Logistics (TPL);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Education, e-Business, e-Management, and e-Learning, 2010. IC4E '10. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sanya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5680-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5681-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IC4E.2010.67

Filename

5432366