Lateral transshipments within an inventory system are stock movements between locations
of the same echelon. These transshipments can be conducted periodically at predetermined …

The main objective when managing inventories in blood supply chains is to establish an
efficient balance between the wastage and shortage of blood units. The uncertain demand …

In this study, we use a game‐theory‐based framework to model power in a supply chain with
random and price‐dependent demand and examine how power structure and demand …

We study the problem faced by a bike-sharing service provider who needs to manage a fleet
of bikes over a set of bike-stations, each with given capacity and time-varying stochastic …

Online-to-offline (OTO) is a new commercial model with enormous market potential. Online
customer orders are forwarded to the offline brick-and-mortar store to fulfil, which is a …

Lateral transshipment is an efficient policy designed to improve the performance of a supply
chain. Despite the importance of transshipment for perishable items, few studies consider …

We consider a retailer selling two substitutable products through an offline and online
channel. The products are stored at separate inventory locations and transshipments from …

The author considers a model of a decentralized distribution system consisting of n retailers
selling an identical product. Retailers face a stochastic demand and must order their initial …

In human history, global trade existed already in the ancient world, when people started to
trade natural resources, animals or products with other global regions. Early examples are …

We examine transshipment incentives in a decentralized supply chain where a monopolist
distributes a product through independent retailers. A key insight is that the transshipment …