Journal: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

Found 445 papers in total
Optimal and hierarchical controls in dynamic stochastic manufacturing systems: A survey
2002,
Most manufacturing systems are large and complex and operate in an uncertain...
On the complementary value of accurate demand information and production and supplier flexibility
2002,
We study the value of information, production flexibility, and supplier flexibility...
Selling to the newsvendor: An analysis of price-only contracts
2001,
We consider a simple supply-chain contract in which a manufacturer sells to a retailer...
Agility in retail banking: A numerical taxonomy of strategic service groups
2001,
This research demonstrates that operations agility – defined as the ability to...
A modeling framework for category assortment planning
2001,
The complexity of managing a category assortment has grown tremendously in recent...
Managing a retailer's shelf space, inventory, and transportation
2001,
Retailers must constantly strive for excellence in operations; extremely narrow profit...
A survey of mathematical programming application in integrated steel plants
2001,
Mathematical programming techniques were used in the steel industry as early as 1958,...
Play it again, Sam? Optimal replacement policies for a motion picture exhibitor
2001,
Every week, motion picture exhibitors must decide whether to keep or replace the...
Optimizing inventory replenishment of retail fashion products
2001,
We consider the problem of determining (for a short lifecycle) retail product initial...
Information and inventory recourse for a two-market, price-setting retailer
2001,
We analyze the problem of determining inventory and pricing decisions in a two-period...
Creating an inventory hedge for Markov-modulated Poisson demand: An application and model
2001,
Many firms face environments with long manufacturing leadtimes, great product variety,...
A simple, robust leadtime-quoting policy
2001,
We examine leadtime-quoting policies for minimizing average lead time subject to...
Consequences of order crossover under order-up-to inventory policies
2001,
Order crossover occurs whenever replenishment orders do not arrive in the sequence in...
Operational drivers of customer loyalty in electronic retailing: An empirical analysis of electronic food retailers
2002,
The relationship between customer loyalty and the order procurement and order...
Coordinating independent buyers in a distribution system to increase a vendor's profits
2001,
We study the coordination of a two-echelon distribution system where a vendor...
A general framework for the study of decentralized distribution systems
2001,
We develop a general framework for the analysis of decentralized distribution systems....
A comparison of U-line and straight-line performances under stochastic task times
2001,
Traditionally, assembly lines are laid out in a straight-line configuration where a...
Matching supply and demand: The value of a second chance in producing hybrid seed corn
2001,
This paper considers a production-scheduling problem arising when there are random...
Quality and time-to-market trade-offs when there are multiple product generations
2001,
We extend previous work evaluating the quality versus time-to-market trade-off for a...
Assessing the benefits of different stock-allocation policies for a make-to-stock production system
2001,
We consider a manufacturing facility that produces a single item that is demanded by...
Coordinating Production and Delivery Under a (z, Z)-Type Vendor-Managed Inventory Contract
2001,
This paper models a type of vendor-managed inventory (VMI) agreement that occurs in...
Supply chain coordination when demand is shelf-space dependent
2001,
Consider a manufacturer or wholesaler who supplies some item to retailers facing...
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...
Have US manufacturing inventories really decreased? An empirical study
2001,
Numerous normative models have been developed to determine optimal inventory levels,...
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