Vendor Managed Inventory: A new approach to supply chain management

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dc.contributor.authorGandhi, Ujvalen
dc.contributor.committeechairKoelling, C. Patricken
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Robert E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVan Aken, Eileen M.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-06T14:45:02Zen
dc.date.adate2004-01-22en
dc.date.available2011-08-06T14:45:02Zen
dc.date.issued2003-12-16en
dc.date.rdate2004-01-22en
dc.date.sdate2004-01-09en
dc.description.abstractThe Global Supply Chain Forum (Stanford Global Supply Chain Forum Web Resource, http://www.stanford.edu/groups/scforum) defines supply chain management (SCM) as “Supply chain management is the integration of key business processes from end user through original suppliers that provides products, services and information that add value for customer and other stakeholders.” The rapid development of the Internet has dramatically changed the traditional definitions of manufacturer, suppliers and customers. Newer approaches to supply chain management attempt to organize the supply chain as a network of cooperating intelligent agents, each performing one or more supply chain functions and each coordinating actions with one another. This research is aimed at creating a viable model of a single manufacturer single supplier collaborative supply chain system using a Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) system. The research further uses known inventory performance parameters to performance benchmark the VMI system with traditional push-pull systems, develop a collaborative forecasting spreadsheet solution and a best alternative ordering policy amongst EOQ, Monthly, JIT and VMI policies under known lead time and a variety of demand distribution functions.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01092004-140737en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01092004-140737en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/9686en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartGandhi_Thesis.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartGandhi_Vita.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSupply Chain Managementen
dc.subjectCollaborative Forecastingen
dc.subjectVendor Managed Inventoryen
dc.subjectPerformance Measurementen
dc.titleVendor Managed Inventory: A new approach to supply chain managementen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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