@conference{Boute2017,
  author       = {R. Boute and S.M. Disney and J.A. Van Mieghem},
  title        = {Global dual sourcing and order smoothing},
  booktitle    = {INFORMS Annual Conference},
  year         = {2017},
  address      = {Houston, USA},
  month        = {22nd-25th October},
  abstract     = {Companies often experience non-stationary demand as products evolve over their life cycle. We investigate a tractable families of single and dual sourcing policies tailored to such demand environment. We adopt a conventional discrete time inventory model with a linear control rule that smooths orders and allows an exact analytical analysis of an easy to implement dual sourcing policy.}
  }