Contract preference for the dominant supplier subject to inventory inaccuracy

• Published in: Computers & industrial engineering Vol. 141; p. 106323
• Main Authors: Tao, Feng, Yu, Hao, Fan, Tijun, Lai, Kin Keung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Contract preference; Inventory inaccuracy; Retail competition; Supply chain management; Retail competition; Supply chain management; Inventory inaccuracy; Contract preference

•Inventory inaccuracy is a vital factor to determine the prices and order quantities.•Retailers benefit from the improvement of their own inventory availability rates.•One retailer is better-off when the other reduces inaccuracy in consignment contract.•One retailer is worse-off when the other reduc...