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作者：Bitran, Gabriel R.; Ferrer, Juan-Carlos
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
摘要：This paper addresses the problem of how to determine the composition and price of a bundle so as to maximize the total expected profit. To motivate the problem, we use as a setting a high-tech manufacturing company that operates in a competitive environment, is not a leader in the industry, and is constantly reacting to bundles introduced by the leader. Bundles are sets of components that must meet technical constraints. The company's objective is to build a bundle and offer it in a market whe...
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作者：Gupta, Sushil; Roth, Aleda V.
作者单位：State University System of Florida; Florida International University; Clemson University
摘要：Martin K. Starr facilitated the creation of an identity for production and operations management (POM) as an academic discipline. This paper aims to summarize Starr's substantial contributions to scholarly inquiry on system integration and interfunctional coordination, modular production, and catastrophe avoidance. Even after four decades, we describe how his legacy in these areas continues to define several major drivers of operations and supply chain management research and practice. Starr h...
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作者：Yano, Candace A.; Newman, Alexandra M.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Colorado School of Mines
摘要：We address the problem of an express package delivery company in structuring a long-term customer contract whose terms may include prices that differ by day-of-week and by speed-of-service. The company traditionally offered speed-of-service pricing to its customers, but without day-of-week differentiation, resulting in customer demands with considerable day-of-week seasonality. The package delivery company hoped that using day-of-week and speed-of-service price differentiation for contract cus...
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作者：Green, Linda V.; Kolesar, Peter J.; Whitt, Ward
作者单位：Columbia University
摘要：We review queueing-theory methods for setting staffing requirements in service systems where customer demand varies in a predictable pattern over the day. Analyzing these systems is not straightforward, because standard queueing theory focuses on the long-run steady-state behavior of stationary models. We show how to adapt stationary queueing models for use in nonstationary environments so that time-dependent performance is captured and staffing requirements can be set. Relatively little modif...
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作者：Gaukler, Gary M.; Seifert, Ralf W.; Hausman, Warren H.
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; International Institute for Management Development (IMD); Stanford University
摘要：Analyzing the proliferation of item-level RFID, recent studies have identified the cost sharing of the technology as a gating issue. Various qualitative studies have predicted that conflict will arise, in particular in decentralized supply chains, from the fact that the benefits and the costs resulting from item-level RFID are not symmetrically distributed among supply chain partners. To contribute to a better understanding of this situation, we consider a supply chain with one manufacturer an...
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作者：Fang, Fang; Whinston, Andrew
作者单位：California State University System; California State University San Marcos; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：We explore using an option contract as a price discrimination tool under demand uncertainty. In our capacity game model, a monopolistic supplier has to build capacity before observing the uncertain demand. The demand is generated by two potential customers, who privately know their own types. The types could be either high or low, differing in willingness to pay for each unit of demand. To discriminate between the customer types, the supplier designs option contracts so that only the high type...
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作者：Bozarth, Cecil; Blackhurst, Jennifer; Handfield, Robert B.
作者单位：North Carolina State University; Iowa State University; North Carolina State University
摘要：The purpose of this paper is to introduce supply chain management researchers to industry cluster theory within the context of supply chain management decisions. Industry cluster theory emphasizes the explicit and implicit benefits that accrue to various economic players due to geographic proximity. As such, it provides a contrasting view to the current pressure on supply chains to seek out the best partners, regardless of location. We review the theory behind industry clusters, and illustrate...
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作者：Hopp, Wallace J.; Iravani, Seyed M. R.; Shou, Biying
作者单位：Northwestern University
摘要：Improving performance of production systems is a critical but often unstructured activity. To help managers convert ad hoc or trial & error improvement efforts into efficient and systematic reviews, we develop a diagnostic tree which decomposes a performance improvement objective into successively more concrete sub-objectives and finally into potential improvement strategies. Based on principles from the Operations Management literature, this tree is structured to enable a non-specialist to be...
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作者：Lee, Hau; Ozer, Ozalp
作者单位：Stanford University
摘要：RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) technology has shown itself to be a promising technology to track movements of goods in a supply chain. As such, it can give unprecedented visibility to the supply chain. Such visibility can save labor cost, improve supply chain coordination, reduce inventory, and increase product availability. Industry reports and white papers are now filled with estimates and proclamations of the benefits and quantified values of RFID. Early adopters are now rallying mor...
