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作者:Chan, LMA; Muriel, A; Shen, ZJM; Simchi-Levi, D; Teo, CP
作者单位:University of Toronto; University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); National University of Singapore
摘要:We analyze the problem faced by companies that rely on TL (Truckload) and LTL (Less than Truckload) carriers for the distribution of products across their supply chain. Our goal is to design simple inventory policies and transportation strategies to satisfy time-varying demands over a finite horizon, while minimizing systemwide cost by taking advantage of quantity discounts in the transportation cost structures. For this purpose, we study the cost effectiveness of restricting the inventory pol...
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作者:Lovejoy, WS; Li, Y
作者单位:University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要:A large midwestern hospital is expecting an increase in, surgical caseload: New operating, room (OR) capacity can be had by building new ORs or extending the working hours in the current ORs. The choice among these options is complicated by the fact that patients; surgeons and, surgical staff, and hospital administrators are all important stakeholders in: the health service operation, and each has different priorities. This. paper investigates the trade-offs among three performance criteria (w...
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作者:Vulcano, G; van Ryzin, G; Maglaras, C
作者单位:New York University; Columbia University
摘要:We analyze a dynamic auction, in which a seller, with C units to sell faces a sequence of buyers separated into T time periods. Each group of buyers has independent, private values for a single unit. Buyers compete directly against each other within a period, as in a traditional auction, and indirectly with buyers in other periods through the opportunity cost of capacity assessed by the seller. The number of buyers in each period, as well as the individual buyers' valuations, are random. The m...
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作者:Gittell, JH
作者单位:Brandeis University
摘要:This paper proposes a model of how coordinating mechanisms work, and tests it in the context of patient care. Consistent with organization design theory, the performance effects of boundary spanners and team meetings were mediated by relational coordination, a communication- and relationship-intensive form of coordination. Contrary to organization. design theory, however, the performance effects of routines were also mediated :by relational coordination. Rather than serving as a replacement fo...
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作者:Burton, RM; Lauridsen, J; Obel, B
作者单位:Duke University; University of Southern Denmark; University of Southern Denmark
摘要:We develop a rule-based contingency misfit model and related hypotheses to test empirically the Burton and Obel (1998) multicontingency model forstrategic organizational design: The model is a set of if-then misfit rules, in which misfits lead to a loss in performance; they are complements to the strategy and organizational contingency theory fit rules. Using data from 224 small- and medium-sized Danish firms, misfits are categorized, and; identified: Then, performance hypotheses, are develope...