Webster Scott

Scott Webster

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Found 29 papers in total
Risk Mitigation of Production Hedging
Risk Mitigation of Production Hedging
2017
This study examines how a firm can mitigate global economic risk through production...
Wine Analytics: Fine Wine Pricing and Selection Under Weather and Market Uncertainty
Wine Analytics: Fine Wine Pricing and Selection Under Weather and Market Uncertainty
2017
We examine a risk‐averse distributor’s decision in selecting between...
Technical Note–Price-Setting Newsvendor Problems with Uncertain Supply and Risk Aversion
Technical Note–Price-Setting Newsvendor Problems with Uncertain Supply and Risk Aversion
2015
The price‐setting newsvendor problem, which models the economic...
Interventions for an Artemisinin-based Malaria Medicine Supply Chain
Interventions for an Artemisinin-based Malaria Medicine Supply Chain
2016
Artemisinin combination therapy, the most effective malaria treatment today, is...
Technical Note ‐ Pricing Below Cost Under Exchange-Rate Risk
Technical Note ‐ Pricing Below Cost Under Exchange-Rate Risk
2016
Pricing below cost is often classified as ‘dumping’ in international trade...
Forecasting for cruise line revenue management
Forecasting for cruise line revenue management
2011
In recent years, the cruise line industry has become an exciting growth category in...
Impact of sourcing flexibility on the outsourcing of services under demand uncertainty
Impact of sourcing flexibility on the outsourcing of services under demand uncertainty
2012
This paper investigates the relationship between market conditions and the value and...
The Impact of Yield‐Dependent Trading Costs on Pricing and Production Planning Under Supply Uncertainty
The Impact of Yield‐Dependent Trading Costs on Pricing and Production Planning Under Supply Uncertainty
2011
This paper studies the role of the yield‐dependent trading cost structure...
A comparison of two sourcing tactics for a new component
A comparison of two sourcing tactics for a new component
2011
We compare two sourcing tactics for a manufacturer to purchase a new component to be...
Minimising total flow-time on two parallel machines with planned downtimes and resumable jobs
Minimising total flow-time on two parallel machines with planned downtimes and resumable jobs
2010
This study considers the flow-time minimisation problem on two identical parallel...
Competitive strategy in remanufacturing and the impact of take-back laws
Competitive strategy in remanufacturing and the impact of take-back laws
2007
This paper examines the impact of take-back laws within a manufacturer/remanufacturer...
Dynamic pricing and lead-time policies for make-to-order systems
Dynamic pricing and lead-time policies for make-to-order systems
2002
Make-to-order firms use different approaches for managing their lead-times and pricing...
Scheduling parallel machinces to minimize weighted flowtime with family set-up times
Scheduling parallel machinces to minimize weighted flowtime with family set-up times
2003
We describe and evaluate several branch-and-bound algorithms for an identical parallel...
Exploratory analysis of flexible workday policies in a job shop
Exploratory analysis of flexible workday policies in a job shop
2003
The degree to which simple policies for varying the length of each workday can affect...
Practice-focused research issues for scheduling systems
Practice-focused research issues for scheduling systems
2002
Scheduling research has had relatively little impact on manufacturing practice, yet...
An evaluation of flexible workday policies in job shops
An evaluation of flexible workday policies in job shops
2002
Job shops have long faced pressures for improvement in a challenging and volatile...
Improving repetitive manufacturing systems: Model and insights
Improving repetitive manufacturing systems: Model and insights
2001
We consider a manufacturing system that is controlled by a fixed-cycle smoothed...
Dynamic programming algorithms for scheduling parallel machines with family setup times
Dynamic programming algorithms for scheduling parallel machines with family setup times
2001
We address the problem of scheduling jobs with family setup times on identical...
Bicriteria optimisation of the makespan and mean flowtime on two identical parallel machines
Bicriteria optimisation of the makespan and mean flowtime on two identical parallel machines
2000
This paper proposes an efficient algorithm to solve optimally the bicriteria problem...
Frameworks for adaptable scheduling algorithms
Frameworks for adaptable scheduling algorithms
2000
This paper considers the design of adaptable algorithms that aid the planning and...
Scheduling a batch processing machine with non-identical job sizes
Scheduling a batch processing machine with non-identical job sizes
2000
The problem of scheduling batch processors is important in some industries and, at a...
A risk‐free perishable item returns policy
A risk‐free perishable item returns policy
2000
A returns policy, which specifies a schedule of rebates from manufacturer to retailer...
Remarks on: ‘Some extensions of the discrete lotsizing and scheduling problem’
Remarks on: ‘Some extensions of the discrete lotsizing and scheduling problem’
1999
Computational complexity results provide guideposts toward fruitful directions in...
Heuristics for parallel-machine flexible-resource scheduling problems with unspecified job assignment
Heuristics for parallel-machine flexible-resource scheduling problems with unspecified job assignment
1999
In this paper, we examine the parallel-machine flexible-resource scheduling problem in...
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