Managing supply and transportation disruptions: a case of Indian fair price shops

Volume: 49, Issue: 11, Pages: 2773 - 2797
Published: Dec 20, 2019
Abstract
Purpose India has the largest public distribution system (PDS) in the world, working through over five million fair price shops (FPS) to distribute food grains among its beneficiaries at a subsidized rate. In this paper, the authors study the inventory system of Indian FPS. The system involves a distributor, who is solely responsible for the replenishment of the FPS. In a real-world scenario, the distributor is subjected to random supply and...
Paper Details
Title
Managing supply and transportation disruptions: a case of Indian fair price shops
Published Date
Dec 20, 2019
Journal
Volume
49
Issue
11
Pages
2773 - 2797
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