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作者：Nalca, Arcan; Cai, Gangshu (George)
作者单位：Queens University - Canada; Santa Clara University; Santa Clara University
摘要：In practice, many retailers employ price-matching guarantees (PMGs), committing to meet the price of an identical product at a competitor's outlet. Despite the profound linkage between retailers and manufacturers, existing literature has predominantly explored retailers' PMGs without contemplating the influence of manufacturers' wholesale pricing strategies. Employing a supply chain model comprising one manufacturer and two retailers, we scrutinize the implications of wholesale pricing-uniform...
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作者：Kouvelis, Panos; Chen, Xingxing; Xia, Yu
作者单位：Washington University (WUSTL); University of Richmond; William & Mary; Washington University (WUSTL)
摘要：We consider a two-stage project supply chain with a downstream project firm producing an engineer-to-order (ETO) complex product or a make-to-order (MTO), low-volume, customized industrial product as a project, and an upstream contract supplier supplying a key material to the project. The project faces two uncertainties: project activity time uncertainty and material consumption uncertainty, which may be positively or negatively correlated. In anticipation of these uncertainties, the project f...
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作者：Rijal, Arpan; Bijvank, Marco; de Koster, Rene
作者单位：University of Groningen; University of Calgary; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; University of Groningen
摘要：When scheduling the distribution of ordered items from a warehouse to customers, the transportation planning is generally done first and serves as input for planning warehouse operations. Such a sequential approach can lead to substantial inefficiencies when the customer deliveries are restricted by time windows, and the warehouse has limited resources available (both order pickers and space in the staging area). This paper studies the trade-offs between warehouse operations and transportation...
