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作者：Hartwig, Robin; Inderfurth, Karl; Sadrieh, Abdolkarim; Voigt, Guido
作者单位：Otto von Guericke University
摘要：Based on a serial supply chain model with two periods and price-sensitive demand, we present the first experimental test of the effect of strategic inventories on supply chain performance. In theory, if holding costs are sufficiently low, the buyer builds up a strategic inventory (even if no operational reasons for stock-holding exist) to limit the supplier's market power, and to increase the own profit share. As it turns out, this enhances the overall supply chain performance. The supplier an...
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作者：Zaerpour, Nima; Yu, Yugang; de Koster, Rene B. M.
作者单位：Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam
摘要：We study temporary storage of fresh produce in a cross-dock center. In order to minimize cooling cost, compact storage systems are used. A major disadvantage of these systems is that additional retrieval time is needed, caused by necessary reshuffles due to the improper storage sequence of unit loads. In practice therefore, a dedicated storage policy is used in which every storage lane in the system accommodates only one product. However, this policy does not use the planned arrival time infor...
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作者：Arya, Anil; Mittendorf, Brian
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
摘要：The use of government incentives tied to market prices as means of boosting corporate social responsibility (CSR) has expanded notably in recent decades. Enhanced business tax deductions for charitable donations and credits for conservation easements are notable cases. While providing incentives for socially desirable behavior to achieve legislative goals has intuitive appeal, the broader economic consequences are not always fully understood. In this study, we examine such wider consequences f...
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作者：Narayanan, Arunachalam; Moritz, Brent B.
作者单位：University of Houston System; University of Houston; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：Supply chain performance often depends on the individual decisions of channel members. Even when individuals have access to relevant information, order variation tends to increase when moving up the supply chain, a phenomenon known as the bullwhip effect. While prior research has investigated several structural/environmental factors which can mitigate the bullwhip effect, the underlying behavioral factors contributing to it are an open question. Using a production and distribution decision-mak...
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作者：David, Amy; Adida, Elodie
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of California System; University of California Riverside
摘要：We study competition and coordination in a supply chain in which a single supplier both operates a direct channel and sells its product through multiple differentiated retailers. We study analytically the supply chain with symmetric retailers and find that the supplier prefers to have as many retailers as possible in the market, even if the retailers' equilibrium retail price is lower than that of the supplier, and even if the number of retailers and their cost or market advantage prevent sale...
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作者：Hall, Nicholas G.; Leung, Joseph Y. -T.; Li, Chung-Lun
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
摘要：This study considers a typical scheduling environment that is influenced by the behavioral phenomenon of multitasking. Under multitasking, the processing of a selected job suffers from interruption by other jobs that are available but unfinished. This situation arises in a wide variety of applications; for example, administration, manufacturing, and process and project management. Several classical solution methods for scheduling problems no longer apply in the presence of multitasking. The so...
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作者：Yu, Yugang; de Koster, Rene B. M.; Guo, Xiaolong
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
摘要：Class-based storage is widely studied in the literature and applied in practice. It divides all stored items into a number of classes according to their turnover. A class of items with higher turnover is allocated to a region closer to the warehouse depot. In the literature, it has been shown that the use of more storage classes leads to a shorter travel time for storing and retrieving items. A basic assumption in this literature is that the required storage space for all items equals their av...
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作者：Ramirez-Nafarrate, Adrian; Lyon, Joshua D.; Fowler, John W.; Araz, Ozgur M.
作者单位：Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Medical Center
摘要：Dispensing of mass prophylaxis can be critical to public health during emergency situations and involves complex decisions that must be made in a short period of time. This study presents a model and solution approach for optimizing point-of-dispensing (POD) location and capacity decisions. This approach is part of a decision support system designed to help officials prepare for and respond to public health emergencies. The model selects PODs from a candidate set and suggests how to staff each...
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作者：Tang, Christopher S.; Wang, Yulan; Zhao, Ming
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Southwest Jiaotong University
摘要：To alleviate poverty in developing countries, governments and non-governmental organizations disseminate two types of information: (i) agricultural advice to enable farmers to improve their operations (cost reduction, quality improvement, and process yield increase); and (ii) market information about future price/demand to enable farmers to make better production planning decisions. This information is usually disseminated free of charge. While farmers can use the market information to improve...
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作者：Yu, Yimin; Benjaafar, Saif; Gerchak, Yigal
作者单位：City University of Hong Kong; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Tel Aviv University
摘要：We analyze the benefit of production/service capacity sharing for a set of independent firms. Firms have the choice of either operating their own production/service facilities or investing in a facility that is shared. Facilities are modeled as queueing systems with finite service rates. Firms decide on capacity levels (the service rate) to minimize delay costs and capacity investment costs possibly subject to service-level constraints on delay. If firms decide to operate a shared facility the...
