To gain cost advantage and market share, many firms implemented various initiatives such
as outsourced manufacturing and product variety. These initiatives are effective in a stable …

The advent of mobile robots in agriculture has signaled a digital transformation with new
automation technologies optimize a range of labor-intensive, resources-demanding, and …

Authored by a team of experts, the new edition of this bestseller presents practical
techniques for managing inventory and production throughout supply chains. It covers the …

Conic optimization is a significant and thriving research area within the optimization
community. Conic optimization is the general class of problems concerned with optimizing a …

We analyze how online reviews are used to evaluate the effectiveness of product
differentiation strategies based on the theories of hyperdifferentiation and resonance …

We study the effects of the introduction of cross-channel functionalities on the overall sales
dispersion of retailers and the implications of these effects for inventory management. To do …

Assortment planning is an important problem that arises in many industries such as retailing
and airlines. One of the key challenges in an assortment planning problem is to identify the …

Consumers regard product delivery as an important service component that influences their
shopping decisions on online retail platforms. Delivering products to customers in a timely …

The bottom-line financial impact of supply chain management has been of continuing
interest. Building on the operations strategy literature, Fisher's (1997) conceptual framework …

This paper investigates product line expansion in which a green version of an existing
conventional brown product is launched. We use a game-theoretic approach to study a …