Supply chain delivery performance improvement for several delivery time distributions Online publication date: Wed, 05-Dec-2018
by Maxim A. Bushuev; Alfred L. Guiffrida; Tatiana Rudchenko
International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR), Vol. 33, No. 4, 2018
Abstract: This paper investigates strategies for improving supply chain delivery performance when the cumulative density function of the delivery time distribution exists in closed form. Delivery performance is measured using a cost-based analytical model which evaluates the expected cost for early and late delivery. The effect of changes to the parameters of the delivery time distribution on the expected cost of untimely delivery is explored. Strategies for improving delivery performance utilising the mean and variance of the delivery time distribution are studied for the uniform, exponential, and logistic delivery time distributions when a supplier uses an optimally positioned delivery window to minimise the expected cost of untimely delivery. Theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed.
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