Note on ‘The Backroom Effect in Retail Operations’

Note on ‘The Backroom Effect in Retail Operations’

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Article ID: iaor2016462
Volume: 24
Issue: 11
Start Page Number: 1833
End Page Number: 1834
Publication Date: Nov 2015
Journal: Production and Operations Management
Authors: ,
Keywords: service, inventory, inventory: order policies
Abstract:

Eroglu et al. (2013) study a retailer with limited shelf capacity and a backroom. They study a continuous review (r, q) ordering policy with a known order quantity, q. Assuming that backorders can be satisfied from the backroom inventory (if available), they find the expression for the optimal reorder level, r. Our work builds on Eroglu et al. (2013). We correct an erroneous derivation of the expected overflow term, as well as derive an exact expression for the expected cost function, and hence optimal reorder level, instead of the approximate one used by Eroglu et al. (2013).

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