Chen Fangruo

Fangruo Chen

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Found 24 papers in total
Auctioning supply contracts
Auctioning supply contracts
2007
This paper studies a procurement problem with one buyer and multiple potential...
Coordinating supply chains with simple pricing schemes: the role of vendor-managed inventories
Coordinating supply chains with simple pricing schemes: the role of vendor-managed inventories
2006
We characterize supply chain settings in which perfect coordination can be achieved...
Salesforce incentives, market information, and production/inventory planning
Salesforce incentives, market information, and production/inventory planning
2005
Salespeople are the eyes and ears of the firms they serve. They possess market...
Order volatility and supply chain costs
Order volatility and supply chain costs
2004
The bullwhip effect (amplification of order variance from a downstream stage in a...
Quantifying the value of leadtime information in a single-location inventory system
Quantifying the value of leadtime information in a single-location inventory system
2005
This article studies a single-location inventory model with random leadtimes....
Coordination mechanisms for a distribution system with one supplier and multiple retailers
Coordination mechanisms for a distribution system with one supplier and multiple retailers
2001
We address a fundamental two-echelon distribution system in which the sales volumes of...
Near-optimal pricing and replenishment strategies for a retail/distribution system
Near-optimal pricing and replenishment strategies for a retail/distribution system
2001
This paper integrates pricing and replenishment decisions for the following...
Worst-case analysis of (R,Q) policies in a two-stage serial inventory system with deterministic demand and backlogging
Worst-case analysis of (R,Q) policies in a two-stage serial inventory system with deterministic demand and backlogging
1999
The paper considers a two-stage inventory system where customer demand arises at stage...
Optimal policies for multiechelon inventory problems with Markov-modulated demand
Optimal policies for multiechelon inventory problems with Markov-modulated demand
2001
This paper considers a multistage serial inventory system with Markov-modulated...
Market segmentation, advanced demand information, and supply chain performance
Market segmentation, advanced demand information, and supply chain performance
2001
A monopolist sells a single product to a market where the customers may be enticed to...
Sales-force incentives and inventory management
Sales-force incentives and inventory management
2000
This article studies the problem of sales-force compensation by considering the impact...
Effectiveness of (R, Q) policies in one-warehouse multiretailer systems with deterministic demand and backlogging
Effectiveness of (R, Q) policies in one-warehouse multiretailer systems with deterministic demand and backlogging
2000
Consider a distribution system with a central warehouse and multiple retailers....
A staggered ordering policy for one-warehouse, multiretailer systems
A staggered ordering policy for one-warehouse, multiretailer systems
2000
We consider a one-warehouse, N -identical-retailer model. Random demands occur at the...
Optimal policies for multi-echelon inventory problems with batch ordering
Optimal policies for multi-echelon inventory problems with batch ordering
2000
In many production/distribution systems, materials flow from one stage to another in...
94%-effective policies for a two-stage serial inventory system with stochastic demand
94%-effective policies for a two-stage serial inventory system with stochastic demand
1999
A two-stage inventory system is considered where Poisson demand occurs at Stage 1, and...
Echelon reorder points, installation reorder points, and the value of centralized demand information
Echelon reorder points, installation reorder points, and the value of centralized demand information
1998
We consider a serial inventory system with N stages. The material flows from an...
Stationary policies in multiechelon inventory systems with deterministic demand and backlogging
Stationary policies in multiechelon inventory systems with deterministic demand and backlogging
1998
A stationary policy conducts replenishment activities—the placement and...
Sensitivity analysis of an (s,S) inventory model
Sensitivity analysis of an (s,S) inventory model
1997
We provide a sensitivity analysis of the standard periodic-review ( s , S ) inventory...
Near-optimal echelon-stock (R, nQ) policies in multistage serial systems
Near-optimal echelon-stock (R, nQ) policies in multistage serial systems
1998
We study echelon-stock ( R, nQ ) policies in a multistage, serial inventory system...
Inventory models with general backorder costs
Inventory models with general backorder costs
1993
Under the prevalent assumption of linear inventory holding and backorder costs,...
Evaluating echelon stock (R,nQ) policies in serial production/inventory systems with stochastic demand
Evaluating echelon stock (R,nQ) policies in serial production/inventory systems with stochastic demand
1994
This paper studies echelon stock ( R,nQ) policies in serial production/inventory...
Lower bounds for multi-echelon stochastic inventory systems
Lower bounds for multi-echelon stochastic inventory systems
1994
The authors establish lower bounds on the minimum cost of managing certain...
Waiting time distribution in (T,S) inventory systems
Waiting time distribution in (T,S) inventory systems
1992
This paper provides a concise derivation of the customer waiting time distribution in...
Inventory policies with quantized ordering
Inventory policies with quantized ordering
1992
This article studies ( nQ,r) inventory policies, under which the order quantity is...
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