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作者：Whybark, D. Clay
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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作者：Lim, Yun Fong
作者单位：Singapore Management University
摘要：A cellular bucket brigade is a way to coordinate workers along an aisle with work content on both sides. Each worker in a cellular bucket brigade works on one side of the aisle when he proceeds in one direction, and he works on the other side when he proceeds in the reverse direction. Although the cellular bucket brigade eliminates the unproductive walk-back, it requires more hand-offs to assemble a product than a traditional (serial) bucket brigade. These hand-offs may waste significant produ...
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作者：Ullrich, Kristoph K. R.; Transchel, Sandra
作者单位：Kuhne Logistics University; Frankfurt School Finance & Management
摘要：We provide empirical evidence that the volatility of inventory productivity relative to the volatility of demand is a predictor of future stock returns in a sample of publicly listed U.S. retailers over the period 1985-2013. This key performance indicator, entitled demand-supply mismatch (DSM), captures the fact that low variation in inventory productivity relative to variation in demand is indicative of the superior synchronization of demand- and supply-side operations. Applying the Fama and ...
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作者：Rui, Huaxia; Liu, De; Whinston, Andrew
作者单位：University of Rochester; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：Motivated by the thriving market of online display advertising, we study a problem of allocating numerous types of goods among many agents who have concave valuations (capturing risk aversion) and heterogeneous substitution preferences across types of goods. The goal is both to provide a theory for optimal allocation of such goods, and to offer a scalable algorithm to compute the optimal allocation and the associated price vectors. Drawing on the economic concept of Pareto optimality, we devel...
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作者：Kremer, Mirko; Mantin, Benny; Ovchinnikov, Anton
作者单位：Frankfurt School Finance & Management; University of Waterloo; Queens University - Canada
摘要：We investigate retailers' dynamic pricing decisions in a stylized two-period setting with possible supply constraints and demand from both myopic and strategic consumers. We present an analytical model and then test its predictions in a behavioral experiment in which human subjects played the role of pricing managers. We find that the fraction of strategic consumers in the market systematically moderates the optimal pricing structure. When this fraction exceeds a certain threshold, the retaile...
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作者：Ha, Albert Y.; Shang, Weixin; Wang, Yunjie
作者单位：Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Lingnan University; Renmin University of China
摘要：We consider manufacturer rebate competition in a supply chain with two competing manufacturers selling to a common retailer. We fully characterize the manufacturers' equilibrium rebate decisions and show how they depend on parameters such as the fixed cost of a rebate program, market size, the redemption rate of rebate, the proportion of rebate-sensitive consumers in the market and competition intensity. Interestingly, more intense competition induces a manufacturer to lower rebate value or st...
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作者：Peng, David Xiaosong; Lu, Guanyi
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; Oregon State University
摘要：This study examines the effect of delivery performance on customer transactions. We propose that different delivery performance dimensions (on-time delivery rate, early delivery inaccuracy, late delivery inaccuracy, and delivery speed) have varying impacts on future customer transaction quantities and unit prices. We further explore the effect of customer types on the proposed relationships. Trade customers (resellers) and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers generally have differen...
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作者：Golari, Mehdi; Fan, Neng; Jin, Tongdan
作者单位：University of Arizona; Texas State University System; Texas State University San Marcos
摘要：A growing number of companies install wind and solar generators in their energy-intensive facilities to attain low-carbonmanufacturing operations. However, there is a lack of methodological studies on operating large manufacturing facilities with intermittent power. This study presents a multi-period, production-inventory planning model in a multi-plant manufacturing system powered with onsite and grid renewable energy. Our goal is to determine the production quantity, the stock level, and the...
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作者：Surasvadi, Navaporn; Tang, Christopher S.; Vulcano, Gustavo
作者单位：National Science & Technology Development Agency - Thailand; National Electronics & Computer Technology Center (NECTEC); University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET)
摘要：We examine a contingent price markdown (CM) mechanism with guaranteed reservation under which a retailer sells multiple units to forward-looking consumers who arrive over time according to a Poisson process. During the early part of the selling season, each arriving consumer can either purchase a unit by paying the regular price or reserve a unit at the discount price. Reserved units can only be claimed later when the number of guaranteed reservations meets a pre-specified threshold, or at the...
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作者：Khuntia, Jiban; Mithas, Sunil; Agarwal, Ritu
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; University of Colorado Denver; Children's Hospital Colorado; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：Health information exchanges (HIEs) are new organizational forms in the United States that facilitate digital exchange of health data across participants. Many believe that these multi-sided digital platforms will become key enablers of the digital transformation of healthcare in the United States. However, like other entrepreneurial ventures, HIEs face challenges to achieve operational maturity and financial viability. Entrepreneurial ventures often fail to attain financial viability due to t...
