VMI versus information sharing: an analysis under static uncertainty strategy with fill rate constraints
研究比较了供应商管理库存（VMI）中信息共享与决策权转移两个组成部分的价值，通过数值实验找出VMI相对于纯信息共享有显著增量的条件，为供应链管理者提供决策指导。
A vendor-managed inventory (VMI) relationship between a downstream retailer and an upstream vendor consists of two distinct components: (i) information sharing (IS) and (ii) a shift in decision-making responsibility. This study compares these two components of VMI in a two-stage serial supply chain based on the ‘static uncertainty’ strategy under dynamic and random demand with fill rate constraints. Numerical experiments are conducted using analytical models to identify the conditions where the incremental value of VMI over IS is significant. The results provide guidelines relevant to academia and supply chain practitioners in taking VMI adoption decision above and beyond IS according to their specific business environment.