Inventory management and production control problem of a dealer operating in a decentralized
spare parts network is analyzed in this dissertation. Spare parts network is
assumed to be formed of two dealers and the problem of a dealer is considered under
the assumption that the other dealer has a known policy. These dealers collaborate
through inventory and service pooling. Furthermore, the dealers collaborate through
sharing information on the net inventory status.
Upon demand arrival, a dealer may request a part from the other dealer, in which
case a payment is made. Under this competitive and collaborative environment, the
optimal operating policy of an individual dealer is characterized under full information.
Through computational analysis, the conditions under which the dealer under
consideration is most profitable are identified. Finally, by comparing dierent pooling
strategies and several information availability levels, the benefit of information
sharing is quantified.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12612073/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 July 2010 |
| Creators | Satir, Benhur |
| Contributors | Savasaneril Tufekci, Secil |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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