Gürler, Ü.Alp, O.Büyükkaramikli, N. C.2015-07-282015-07-282014-101366-5545http://hdl.handle.net/11693/12669We consider a one-warehouse N retailers supply chain with stochastic demand. Inventory is managed in-house whereas transportation is outsourced to a 3PL provider. We develop analytical expressions for the operating characteristics under both periodic and continuous joint replenishment policies. We identify the settings where a periodic review policy is comparable to a continuous review one. In our numerical test-bed, the periodic policy performed best in larger supply chains operating with larger trucks. We also observed that if the excess utilization charge is less than 25%, outsourcing becomes beneficial even if outsourcing cost is 25% more than the in-house fleet costs.EnglishThird Party LogisticsInventoryTransportationCoordinated LogisticsArticle10.1016/j.tre.2014.08.0041878-5794