Distribution Center Consolidation Games

This file is part of IDEAS, which uses RePEc data

Distribution Center Consolidation Games

Author Info

Flip Klijn ()
Marco Slikker

Additional information is available for the following registered author(s):

Abstract

We study the location-inventory model as introduced by Teo et al. (2001) to analyze the impact of consolidation of distribution centers on facility and inventory costs. We extend their result on profitability of consolidation. We associate a cooperative game with each location-inventory situation and prove that this game has a non-empty core for identical and independent demand processes. This illustrates that consolidation does not only lower joint costs (which was shown by Teo et al. (2001)), but it allows for a stable division of the minimal costs as well.

Download Info
To download:

If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. Information about this may be contained in the File-Format links below. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.

Publisher Info
Paper provided by Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC) in its series UFAE and IAE Working Papers with number 602.04.

Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML (with abstract), plain text (with abstract), BibTeX, RIS (EndNote, RefMan, ProCite), ReDIF
Length: 9
Date of creation: 06 Feb 2004
Date of revision:
Handle: RePEc:aub:autbar:602.04

Contact details of provider:
Postal: 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona
Phone: 34 93 592 1203
Web page: http://pareto.uab.cat
More information through EDIRC

For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its listing, contact: (Xavier Vila).

Find related papers by JEL classification:
C71 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Cooperative Games

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-ALL-2004-02-15 (All new papers)

References listed on IDEAS
Please report citation or reference errors to , or , if you are the registered author of the cited work, log in to your RePEc Author Service profile, click on "citations" and make appropriate adjustments.:

Meca, A. & Timmer, J. & Garcia-Jurado, I., 1999. "Inventory games," Discussion Paper 53, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
Borm, P. & Hamers, H. & Hendrickx,, 2001. "Operations research games : a survey," Discussion Paper 45, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
Other versions:
- Peter Borm & Herbert Hamers & Ruud Hendrickx, 2001. "Operations research games: A survey," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer, vol. 9(2), pages 139-199, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Meca, Ana & Timmer, Judith & Garcia-Jurado, Ignacio & Borm, Peter, 2004. "Inventory games," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 156(1), pages 127-139, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Muller, Alfred & Scarsini, Marco & Shaked, Moshe, 2002. "The Newsvendor Game Has a Nonempty Core," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 118-126, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Hartman, Bruce C. & Dror, Moshe & Shaked, Moshe, 2000. "Cores of Inventory Centralization Games," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 26-49, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

Full references

Statistics
Access and download statistics

Did you know? You can use IDEAS to provide links to papers and articles in your course syllabus.

This page was last updated on 2009-12-16.

This information is provided to you by IDEAS at the Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut using RePEc data on a server sponsored by the Society for Economic Dynamics.