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Beyond Information Sharing: An Empirical Analysis of Vendor-Managed Inventory

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PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
卷 23, 期 5, 页码 817-828

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WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12085

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vendor-managed inventory; information sharing; empirical analysis

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  1. Lehigh University
  2. Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland

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Using a unique, item-level data set, we examined benefits to downstream firms (distributors) from the decision-transfer component of vendor-managed inventory (VMI), the feature that distinguishes VMI from other information-sharing, collaborative supply chain programs. Our major findings are that the decision-transfer component of VMI adds significant benefits to the downstream firm in terms of inventory and stockout reductions above and beyond information sharing, and that these two benefits may be realized at different times following VMI implementation; that is, inventory reduction, initially, may be the major benefit to distributors from VMI, while the benefits of stockout reduction may more likely be realized after the first year of implementation. In addition, VMI provides benefits to the upstream firm (manufacturer) by reducing the downstream firm's inventory variability, a likely contributor to the bullwhip effect. Based on our empirical analysis, the decision-transfer component of VMI, on average, reduces inventory levels by 7%, stockouts by 31%, and inventory variability by 9%.

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