... (j=1,2,…,Q) customer is equal to 1/Q. Therefore we can now express the expected total cost for a unit demand as: Supply Chain Management – Pathways for Research and Practice 130 2/ 11) 2/(12212/ 11) 2/(2121)),(),(.(1)),(),(.(1QiQQiQiQQiiRmQsciRmQscPQiRmQsciRmQscPQk ... sales and approximately Poisson demand. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 102, pp. 244-254. Supply Chain Management – Pathways for Research and Practice 138 sharing information ... most value of the shared information is 13% saving in total cost for λ=2, Q=10 and 0()0.2iiiLLL. Supply Chain Management – Pathways for Research and Practice 144 certain parameter...