Production and Operations Management

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• The Implications of Utilizing Market Information and Adopting Agricultural Advice for Farmers in Developing Economies AI翻译
  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...
• Replenishment Policies for Multi-Product Stochastic Inventory Systems with Correlated Demand and Joint-Replenishment Costs AI翻译
  作者：Feng, Haolin; Wu, Qi; Muthuraman, Kumar; Deshpande, Vinayak
  作者单位：Sun Yat Sen University; University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  摘要：This study analyzes optimal replenishment policies that minimize expected discounted cost of multi-product stochastic inventory systems. The distinguishing feature of the multi-product inventory system that we analyze is the existence of correlated demand and joint-replenishment costs across multiple products. Our objective is to understand the structure of the optimal policy and use this structure to construct a heuristic method that can solve problems set in real-world sizes/dimensions. Usin...
• How Company-Specific Production Systems Affect Plant Performance: The S-Curve Theory AI翻译
  作者：Netland, Torbjorn; Ferdows, Kasra; Sanchez, Ebly
  作者单位：Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU); Georgetown University; Volvo
• The Strategy-Focused Factory in Turbulent Times AI翻译
  作者：Brumme, Hendrik; Simonovich, Daniel; Skinner, Wickham; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
  作者单位：Reutlingen University; Reutlingen University; Harvard University; INSEAD Business School
  摘要：Few unfocused factories outperform competitors, but focus is elusive because the environment is constantly evolving and this requires changes to a factory's key tasks. So how can focus be achieved and sustained? We present insights derived from an historical analysis of the German Hewlett-Packard server plant which went through a series of focus changes over the years. Using this example, we provide clues for the right timing of focus changes and discuss critical structural and infrastructural...
• Coping with Gray Markets: The Impact of Market Conditions and Product Characteristics AI翻译
  作者：Ahmadi, Reza; Iravani, Foad; Mamani, Hamed
  作者单位：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
  摘要：Gray markets, also known as parallel imports, have created fierce competition for manufacturers in many industries. We analyze the impact of parallel importation on a price-setting manufacturer that serves two markets with uncertain demand, and characterize her policy against parallel importation. We show that ignoring demand uncertainty can take a significant toll on the manufacturer's profit, highlighting the value of making price and quantity decisions jointly. We find that adjusting prices...
• Remanufactured Products in Closed-Loop Supply Chains for Consumer Goods AI翻译
  作者：Abbey, James D.; Meloy, Margaret G.; Guide, V. Daniel R., Jr.; Atalay, Selin
  作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Paris
  摘要：This study empirically investigates consumer perceptions of remanufactured consumer products in closed-loop supply chains. A multi-study approach led to increasing levels of measure refinement and facilitated examination of various assumptions researchers have made about the consumer market for remanufactured products. Based in part on the measure building studies, an experimental study examined remanufactured product perceptions from a national panel of consumers. The consumers responded to r...
• Promotion Planning and Supply Chain Contracting in a High-Low Pricing Environment AI翻译
  作者：Breiter, Andreas; Huchzermeier, Arnd
  作者单位：WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
  摘要：Demand forecast errors threaten the profitability of high-low price promotion strategies. This article shows how to match demand and supply effectively by means of two-segment demand forecasting and supply contracts. We find that demand depends on the path of past retail prices, which leads to only a limited number of reachable demand states. However, forecast errors cannot be entirely eliminated because competitive promotions entail some degree of random (i.e., last-minute) pricing. A hedging...
• Impact of Customer Traffic and Service Process Outsourcing Levels on e-Retailer Operational Performance AI翻译
  作者：Perdikaki, Olga; Peng, David Xiaosong; Heim, Gregory R.
  作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; University of Houston System; University of Houston
  摘要：Many service firms deliver services via a mix of internally developed and delivered (i.e., insourced) and externally developed and delivered (i.e., outsourced) service processes. Service process outsourcing is especially common in e-retailing. Portions of e-retail customer ordering processes and delivery processes can be digitized and contracted to thirdparty vendors. Via outsourcing, service systems change from dyadic to triadic. Prior research examines consumer perceptions of dyadic (consume...
• Carrots or Sticks? Improving Social and Environmental Compliance at Suppliers Through Incentives and Penalties AI翻译
  作者：Porteous, Angharad H.; Rammohan, Sonali V.; Lee, Hau L.
  作者单位：Nike Inc; Stanford University
  摘要：Firms are increasingly looking to eradicate social and environmental non-compliances at their suppliers in response to increasing regulations, consumer demand, potential for supply chain disruptions, and to improve their social, environmental, and economic supply chain performance. This study develops a model of the relationship between the buyer's supplier incentives and penalties for the supplier's social and environmental compliance, and the outcomes in terms of reduction in supplier social...
• The Role of Project and Organizational Context in Managing High-tech R&D Projects AI翻译
  作者：Chandrasekaran, Aravind; Linderman, Kevin; Schroeder, Roger
  作者单位：University System of Ohio; Ohio State University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  摘要：High-tech organizations often struggle to manage different types of R&D projects. Evidence from research and practice suggests that managers frequently categorize and manage projects based on the extent of change triggered in product, process, technology, and market dimensions. However, this can create challenges in high-tech organizations. This study investigates how high-tech organizations manage R&D projects based on their learning goals. First, we argue for the benefits of categorizing R&D...