Method for determining optimal number of suppliers under risk control

摘要：

The purpose of the paper is to present an effective method to determine the optimal number of suppliers considering the risk control and cost control.Two risk events are considered: common risk event and individual risk event.The probabilities of these events,the financial loss caused by disasters,and the operating cost of working with multiple suppliers are considered in the analysis.An expression which could calculate the optimal number of suppliers is obtained.The numerical examples prove the rationality of the method and analysis the sensitivity of the optimal number to the factors.

关键词： supplier number risk event risk probability sensitivity

作者: Jin QIN Li-xin MIAO Feng SHI Lian-bo DENG

作者单位: School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering,Central South University,Changsha 410075;Research C Research Center for Logistics,Graduate School at Shenzhen,Tsinghua University,Shenzhen 518055 School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering,Central South University,Changsha 410075

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 2008 International Conference on Business Intelligence and Financial Engineering(BIFE 2008)(商业智能和金融工程国际会议)

会议地点: 长沙

会议语种:英文

页码: 834-839

在线出版日期: 2008-10-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）