Keyword: distribution

Found 570 papers in total
Promised Delivery Time and Capacity Games in Time‐Based Competition
2011,
We investigate firms' competitive behaviors in industries where customers are...
Effect of Breakage Level One in Design of Water Distribution Networks
2011,
Design of water distribution networks (WDNs) that do not consider performance criteria...
Optimal Placement of Isolation Valves in Water Distribution Systems Based on Valve Cost and Weighted Average Demand Shortfall
2010,
In this paper a method for optimal placement of isolation valves in water distribution...
Water Distribution Scenarios in the Mexican Valley
2010,
Mexican Valley is one of the Mexico's most critical areas of water supply, the...
Proactive Risk‐Based Integrity Assessment of Water Distribution Networks
2010,
Sustainable management of urban water distribution networks should include not only...
Retailer or e-tailer? Strategic pricing and economic-lot-size decisions in a competitive supply chain with drop-shipping
2010,
Drop-shipping is an arrangement whereby an e-tailer, who does not hold inventories,...
An exact method for the double TSP with multiple stacks
2010,
The double travelling salesman problem (TSP) with multiple stacks (DTSPMS) is a pickup...
Integrated production and distribution planning in the fast moving consumer goods industry: a block planning application
2010,
In the fast moving consumer goods industry there is an ongoing trend towards an...
A methodology for controlling dispersion in food production and distribution
2010,
After a number of food safety crises, the design and implementation of traceability...
Quality, safety and sustainability in food distribution: a review of quantitative operations management approaches and challenges
2010,
The management of food distribution networks is receiving more and more attention,...
Does ownership affect the variability of the production process? Evidence from international courier services
2010,
A firm often must ensure that products or services it produces match customer...
Effective management policies for remnant inventory supply chains
2009,
A remnant inventory distribution system is considered where a set of geographically...
A single vehicle routing problem with fixed delivery and optional collections
2009,
The Single-Vehicle Routing Problem with Fixed Delivery and Optional Collections...
Safety stock optimisation in distribution systems: a comparison of two competing approaches
2010,
Contributions to multi-echelon safety stock optimisation can broadly be divided into...
Optimal shrinking of the distribution chain: the facilities delocation decision
2010,
Closure of facilities is quite common among both business firms and public sector...
The length of product line in distribution channels
2010,
This paper studies a manufacturer's optimal decisions on extending its product line...
The air cargo and express industry in Hong Kong: economic contribution and competitiveness
2010,
With the support of DHL, FedEx, UPS, and TNT (Conference of Asia Pacific Express...
Call planning in European pharmaceutical sales force management
2010,
In this paper, a mathematical model for the allocation of sales representatives is...
A milk collection problem with incompatibility constraints
2010,
The milk collection problem is well known in rural areas of the world. This paper...
Network planning of fuelling service stations in a near-term competitive scenario of the hydrogen economy
2009,
Hydrogen can be viewed as the flexible automotive fuel of the future. However, many...
An analytical approach for performance evaluation and optimization of a two-stage production-distribution system
2009,
This paper addresses the performance evaluation and optimization of a...
Determining the Pareto set in a bicriteria two-echelon inventory/distribution system
2010,
This article concerns two-echelon inventory/distribution system, consisting of a...
A novel maximum dispersion territory design model arising in the implementation of the WEEE-directive
2010,
The problem discussed in this paper is motivated by the new recycling directive Waste...
Vehicle routing and scheduling with time-varying data: A case study
2010,
A heuristic algorithm is described for vehicle routing and scheduling problems to...
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