In a real business environment, the stochastic joint replenishment with resource restrictions commonly adopts the wholesale sales mechanism. The mechanism causes conflicts of interest between the supplier and the service provider. In order to effectively compete in an uncertain business environment, the option contract is a viable mechanism for coordination between the supplier and the service provider. This paper proposes a fixed-cycle joint replenishment policy based on the option contracts. Stochastic joint replenishment problem of spare parts considers the forward supply process and the reverse recycling process in the remanufacturing supply chain. The optimization model of stochastic joint replenishment problem is developed with a fixed-cycle joint replenishment policy based on the option contracts. According to characteristics of the optimization model, the adaptive immune genetic algorithm is established for solving the optimization problem. Finally, the validity of the optimization model and algorithm are illustrated by data.
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