The efforts of this review paper are twofold: to provide an insightful examination of various
contributions to knowledge surrounding simulation methods within an end-to-end supply …

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 …

Companies commonly allocate their inventories across multiple locations based on their
historical sales rates. However, random fluctuations in customer purchases, such as those …

In this paper we present a novel transshipment problem for a large apparel retailer that
operates an extensive retail network. Our problem is inspired by the logistics operations of a …

We integrate location and inventory decisions in a three-echelon distribution network model
with multiple products, capacitated in-house fleet and proactive transshipments between …

In the retail industry, stockouts have a significant effect on a firm׳ s profitability. When a
stockout takes place, retailers often apply one of two strategies to resolve the issue–placing …

Since it affects the performance of whole supply chain significantly, definition of correct
inventory control policy in a supply chain is critical. Recent technological development …

In the logistics of prototype parts in the automotive industry, unique parts are stored in
warehouses and provided to assembly service providers to ensure a timely assembly of the …

This research investigates the replenishment and transshipment decisions in a two-retailer
inventory system with a single selling season. Both emergency lateral transshipment (ELT) …

Enterprises in an industrial cluster could dynamically alliance in the form of cluster supply
chains to share inner-cluster resources and services, and respond to the ever-fluctuating …