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Information Sharing to Improve Retail Product Freshness of Perishables (ed.2)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-05-30)We explore the value of information (VOI) in the context of a retailer that provides a perishable product to consumers and receives replenishment from a single supplier. We assume a periodic review model with stochastic ... -
Information Sharing to Improve Retail Product Freshness of Perishables (ed.1)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004-09-14)We explore the value of information (VOI) in the context of a retailer that provides a perishable product to consumers and receives replenishment from a single supplier. We assume a periodic review model with stochastic ... -
Information Sharing to Improve Retail Product Freshness of Perishables (ed.3)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-11)We explore the value of information (VOI) in the context of a retailer that provides a perishable product to consumers and receives replenishment from a single supplier. We assume a periodic review model with stochastic ... -
The "Killer Application" of Revenue Management: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel (ed. 2)
(2008-01-11)Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel is an extreme and unusual example of revenue management techniques. Typical revenue management installations yield revenue enhancements of 3-7%. Harrah’s, chainwide, has seen 15% improvements, ... -
The "Killer Application" of Revenue Management: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel (ed.1)
(2006-09-16)Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel is an extreme example of revenue management techniques. Typical revenue management installations yield revenue enhancements of 3-7%. Harrah’s, chainwide, has seen 15% improvements, with ... -
Managing Slow Moving Perishables in the Grocery Industry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-06-30)We address the value of information (VOI) and value of centralized control (VCC) in the context of a two–echelon, serial supply chain with one retailer and one supplier that provides a single perishable product to consumers. ... -
Managing Slow Moving Perishables in the Grocery Industry
(2007-02-14)We address the value of information (VOI) and value of centralized control (VCC) in the context of a two–echelon, serial supply chain with one retailer and one supplier that provides a single perishable product to consumers. ... -
Multi-Period Remanufacturing Planning With Uncertain Quality of Inputs
(2008-01-11)In this paper we consider production planning of remanufactured products when inputs have different and uncertain quality levels, and there are capacity constraints. This situation is typical of most remanufacturing ... -
Optimal Customized Pricing in Competitive Settings
(2006-10-14)In this paper, we study pricing situations where a firm provides a price quote in the presence of uncertainty in the competitive landscape and the preferences of the buyer. We review two possible customized-pricing ... -
Product Quality Choice, Competition, and Supply Chain Design
(2006-10-14)We explore the interplay between product design choices and their effect on the supply chain transactions. A large number of industrial business-to-business transactions indicates that product design choices, and the ... -
Purchasing Speculative Inventory for Price Sensitive Demand
(2006-09-16)The problem studied is one of buying and selling products cost eficiently over a number of periods in a finite horizon setting. Unit purchase costs vary across periods acording to some known distribution and demand is ... -
Relicensing as a Secondary Market Strategy
(2008-01-11)Secondary markets in the Information Technology (IT) industry, where used or refurbished equipment is traded, have been growing steadily. For Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in this industry, the importance of ... -
Revenue Management and the Analytics Explosion: Perspectives from Industry Experts
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-01-11)On October 2-3, 2007, the third annual Revenue Management and Price Optimization conference was held at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The conference explored how multiple factors, including fragmentation of customer ... -
Sharing Information to Manage Perishables (ed.1)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004-09-14)We address the value of information (VOI) sharing in the context of a two-echelon,serial supply chain with one retailer and one supplier that provides a single perishable product to consumers. We evaluate information sharing ... -
Sharing Information to Manage Perishables (ed.2)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-08)We address the value of information (VOI) sharing in the context of a two echelon, serial supply chain with one retailer and one supplier that provides a single perishable product to consumers. We evaluate information ... -
A Simple and Robust Batch-Ordering Inventory Policy Under Incomplete Demand Knowledge
(2005-12-16)Generally, the derivation of an inventory policy requires the knowledge of the underlying demand distribution. Unfortunately, in many settings such as retail, demand is not completely observable in a direct way or inventory ... -
Simple Newsvendor Heuristics for Multiechelon Distribution Networks
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-05-05)We consider the problem of determining optimal stocking levels in a multi-echelon distribution network consisting of m echelons and n non-identical terminal locations. Lead-times are deterministic, there are no fixed ... -
Simple Newsvendor Heuristics for Two-Echelon Distribution Networks
(2006-03-08)We consider the problem of determining stocking levels in a multi-echelon distribution network consisting of a warehouse and n non-identical retail locations. Lead-times are deterministic, there are no fixed ordering ... -
Single Stage Heuristic for Perishable Inventory Control in Two-Echelon Supply Chains
(2006-09-16)We study the problem of determining stocking levels for fixed-life perishable products in a two-echelon supply chain. We consider both serial chains and distribution networks consisting of a warehouse and n non-identical ... -
Supply Chain Coordination for False Failure Returns (ed.1)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004-09-14)False failure returns are products that are returned by consumers to retailers with no functional or cosmetic defect. The cost of a false failure return includes the processing actions of testing, refurbishing if necessary, ...