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Allocation of Order Quantity Among Suppliers
Author(s) -
Pan Andrew C.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of purchasing and materials management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 0094-8594
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.1989.tb00489.x
Subject(s) - order (exchange) , business , simple (philosophy) , computer science , operations research , procurement , industrial organization , marketing , mathematics , finance , philosophy , epistemology
This article presents a linear programming model that can be used in the simultaneous determination of the number of suppliers to utilize and the purchase quantity allocations among suppliers in a multiple sourcing system. The model is simple and powerful. It can be used to make rational multiple sourcing decisions.