Production and Operations Management

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• Outsourcing Manufacturing: Secure Price-Masking Mechanisms for Purchasing Component Parts AI翻译
  作者：Deshpande, Vinayak; Schwarz, Leroy B.; Atallah, Mikhail J.; Blanton, Marina; Frikken, Keith B.
  作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of Notre Dame; University System of Ohio; Miami University
  摘要：This paper develops and tests a privacy-preserving business process that supports the selection of a contract manufacturer by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), and the determination of whether the OEM or the chosen contract manufacturer will procure each of the components to be used in the manufacture of the OEM's branded product. Our secure price-masking (SPM) technology contributes to procurement theory and practice in four significant ways: First, it preserves the privacy of every p...
• Shelf Space Management When Demand Depends on the Inventory Level AI翻译
  作者：Baron, Opher; Berman, Oded; Perry, David
  作者单位：University of Toronto; University of Haifa
  摘要：Two factors that their influence on the demand has been investigated in many papers are (i) the shelf space allocated to a product and to its complement or supplement products and (ii) the instantaneous inventory level seen by customers. Here we analyze the joint shelf space allocation and inventory decisions for multiple items with demand that depends on both factors. The traditional approach to solve inventory models with a state-dependent demand rate uses a time domain approach. However, th...
• Performance Effects Related to the Sequence of Integration of Healthcare Technologies AI翻译
  作者：Angst, Corey M.; Devaraj, Sarv; Queenan, Carrie C.; Greenwood, Brad
  作者单位：University of Notre Dame; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
  摘要：There is a natural order to most events in life: Everything from learning to read to DNA sequences in molecular biology follows some predetermined, structured methodology that has been refined to yield improved results. Likewise, it would seem that firms could benefit by adopting and implementing technologies in some logical way so as to increase their overall performance. In this study of 555 hospitals, we investigate the order in which medical technologies are transformed into information te...
• Facility Location: A Robust Optimization Approach AI翻译
  作者：Baron, Opher; Milner, Joseph; Naseraldin, Hussein
  作者单位：University of Toronto; Braude Academic College of Engineering
  摘要：In this research, we apply robust optimization (RO) to the problem of locating facilities in a network facing uncertain demand over multiple periods. We consider a multi-period fixed-charge network location problem for which we find (1) the number of facilities, their location and capacities, (2) the production in each period, and (3) allocation of demand to facilities. Using the RO approach we formulate the problem to include alternate levels of uncertainty over the periods. We consider two m...
• Matching Product Architecture and Supply Chain Configuration AI翻译
  作者：Uelkue, Sezer; Schmidt, Glen M.
  作者单位：Georgetown University; Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
  摘要：In this paper, we examine the suggested link between product architecture (i.e., the extent to which a product is modular vs. integral) and supply chain configuration (i.e., whether the product development is done internally by the manufacturer in an integrated supply chain or in collaboration with a supplier in a decentralized supply chain). Our model suggests that the choice of product architecture depends on firm, market, and product characteristics in addition to supply chain structure. In...
• The Manufacturer's Incentive to Reduce Lead Times AI翻译
  作者：Kraiselburd, Santiago; Pibernik, Richard; Raman, Ananth
  作者单位：INCAE Business School; European Business School (EBS) University; Harvard University
  摘要：Although, ceteris paribus, reducing lead times may be desirable from an overall system perspective, an upstream party (e.g., a manufacturer) may have strong disincentives to offer shorter lead times, even if this came at no cost. We consider a setting in which the downstream party has the ability to exert a costly effort to increase demand (e.g., through sales promotions, advertising, etc.) during the selling season, and compare two situations: one where there is zero lead time (i.e., all dema...
• Differential Pricing for Information Sharing Under Competition AI翻译
  作者：Jain, Aditya; Seshadri, Sridhar; Sohoni, Milind
  作者单位：Indian School of Business (ISB); University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
  摘要：We consider a two-echelon supply chain with a manufacturer supplying to multiple downstream retailers engaged in differentiated Cournot competition. Each retailer has private information about uncertain demand. The manufacturer is the Stackelberg leader who sets the contract terms with the retailers, and benefits from retailers sharing their private information. When all retailers are given the same wholesale price, truthful information sharing is not an equilibrium outcome. We propose two var...
• The Effect of Delayed Incentives on Supply Chain Profits and Consumer Surplus AI翻译
  作者：Khouja, Moutaz; Zhou, Jing
  作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte
  摘要：We examine the use of consumer cash mail-in rebates offered by a manufacturer in a Stackelberg game where the manufacturer is the leader and the retailer is the follower. Our analysis indicates that rebates are profitable for manufacturers if consumers are inconsistent in the sense that their rebate valuation when they make purchase decisions is independent of their redemption probabilities when they make redemption decisions. If the manufacturer keeps the wholesale price unchanged, then the r...
• Mass Customization in the Automotive Industry: Comparing Interdealer Trading and Reconfiguration Flexibilities in Order Fulfillment AI翻译
  作者：Brabazon, Philip G.; MacCarthy, Bart; Woodcock, Andrew; Hawkins, Robert W.
  作者单位：University of Nottingham; Ford Motor Company
  摘要：Mass customization has been viewed as desirable but difficult to achieve in the volume automotive sector. Here we consider flexibility in automotive order fulfillment systems to enhance the ability to satisfy customers with their desired vehicle variants within acceptable delivery lead times. Two types of flexibility are compared in a Virtual-Build-to-Order system-reconfiguration in the planning pipeline and interdealer trading. A representative simulation model is used to investigate the impa...
• Misplaced Inventory and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology: Information and Coordination AI翻译
  作者：Camdereli, Almula Z.; Swaminathan, Jayashankar M.
  作者单位：Georgetown University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  摘要：Misplaced inventory is a major operational problem in many supply chains. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology has been publicized as a promising solution for the misplaced inventory. Adoption of this technology has a fixed cost and variable cost of implementation, which can cause incentive issues in the supply chain. In this paper, we consider a supply chain under misplacement of inventory subject to uncertain demand. We study both centralized and decentralized cases and identify ...