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A Capacitated Commodity Trading Model With Market Power
Jan 2008
The authors consider in this paper the problem of a trader that may purchase a commodity in one market and resell it in another. The trader is capacitated: the trading volume is limited by...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Store Inventory Can Affect Demand: Empirical Evidence From Magazine Retailing
Nov 2007
In retailing, inventory analysis and inventory practice have traditionally been based on the assumption that underlying demand does not vary with inventory levels. A growing body of research...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
Learning From Zillow And Zoots
Jan 2009
Zillow is also notable for its approach to managing the service process. Providing real estate appraisals is by no means a new business. The novelty of Zillow is that it gathers the necessary data...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
The Newsvendor With Pricing: A Stochastic Elasticity Perspective
Sep 2007
This paper introduces a measure of elasticity of stochastic demand, called the elasticity of lost sales, which offers a unifying perspective on the well-known newsvendor with pricing problem. This...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
Improving Supply Chain Performance: Real-Time Demand Information And Flexible Deliveries
Jul 2009
In some supply chains, materials are ordered periodically according to local information. This paper investigates how to improve the performance of such a supply chain. Specifically, the authors...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Evaluation Of Cycle-Count Policies For Supply Chains With Inventory Inaccuracy And Implications On RFID Investments
Nov 2009
Inventory record inaccuracy deteriorates supply chain performance because it leads to ineffective replenishment decisions. Conducting cycle counts (i.e., periodic inventory auditing) is a common...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Coordination Mechanisms In Decentralized Serial Inventory Systems With Batch Ordering
Feb 2009
This paper studies a periodic-review, serial supply chain in which materials are ordered and shipped according to R(nQ) policies. Three information scenarios are considered, depending on the level...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Optimizing Replenishment Intervals For Two-Echelon Distribution Systems With Fixed Order Costs
Mar 2010
The authors consider a periodic-review inventory system with one warehouse and N non-identical retailers. Each location has a positive lead time and orders according to a base-stock policy in...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Single-Stage Bounds For Optimal Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Non-Stationary Demand
Mar 2010
This paper considers a two-stage serial inventory system with a finite planning horizon. The downstream stage, referred to as stage 1, orders from stage 2, which orders from an external supplier...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Inventory Management Of A Fast-Fashion Retail Network
Aug 2007
Working in collaboration with Spain-based retailer Zara, Authors address the problem of distributing over time a limited amount of inventory across all the stores in a fast-fashion retail network....
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Evaluation Of Supply Chains With Inventory Record Inaccuracy And Implications On IT Investments
Mar 2009
Inventory record inaccuracy deteriorates supply chain performance because it leads to ineffective replenishment decisions. Conducting cycle counts (i.e., periodic inventory auditing) is a common...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
The Customer Value Proposition Should Drive Supply Chain Design: An Example In Mass Retailing
Oct 2009
A successful company typically starts with a deep understanding of customer needs in a segment and translates these needs into a value proposition. Then it develops its supply chain capability to...
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
The Network Is The Risk
Jan 2010
The start of 2009 saw dramatic headlines in the Financial Times about the UK Economy. UK debt fears fuel plunge in sterling (20th January 2009), What started with the credit crunch has become a...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
Supply Chain Finance - What's It Worth?
Oct 2009
Supply Chain Finance (SCF) represents an innovative opportunity to reduce working capital. Its underlying mechanism is reverse factoring making the technique buyer-rather than supplier-centric....
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
Spread Components In The Hungarian Forint-Euro Market
Jan 2010
The authors apply the spread decomposition model by Huang and Stoll (1997) to a new data set on the Hungarian Forint-Euro market. The results show differences between the small and less liquid...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
An Investigation Of The Value Of Cross-Docking For Supply Chain Management
Jul 2008
Cross-docking is a strategy used to reduce the time that inventory spends in the supply chain. This is achieved by accelerating inventory flow via the receipt of a product at an inbound dock and...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
-
White Papers
Optimal And Heuristic Echelon (s; T) Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Fixed Costs
Dec 2007
This paper considers a periodic-review, serial inventory system with echelon (s; T) policies. This paper assumes that a fixed cost is incurred for each inventory review, and provides a method to...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Serial Supply Chains With Economies Of Scale: Bounds And Approximations
Aug 2007
The authors consider two models of stochastic serial inventory systems with economies of scale for which the forms of optimal policies are known. In the first model, each stage has a fixed-order...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Optimal and Heuristic Echelon (r; nQ; T) Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Fixed Costs
Aug 2008
This paper studies a periodic-review, serial inventory system in which echelon (r; nQ; T) policies are implemented. Under such a policy, each stage reviews its inventory in every T period and...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Seeking Inventory Control Answers Via Research. Incomplete Inventory Information: The Next Challenge In Inventory Control
Jul 2008
Inventory control is one of the most important topics in management science. A systematic analysis of inventory problems began with the development of the classical Economic Order Quantity formula...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
-
White Papers
Advance Booking Programs for Managing Supply, Demand, And Price Risks
Feb 2010
While advance booking programs have been shown to be effective for firms to manage uncertain demand, the effectiveness of such programs is unclear when supply, demand, and price risks are present...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Demand Estimation And Assortment Optimization Under Substitution: Methodology And Application
Dec 2007
Assortment planning at a retailer entails both selecting the set of products to be carried and setting inventory levels for each product. The authors study an assortment planning model in which...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurs And Newsvendors: Do Small Businesses Follow The Newsvendor Logic When Making Inventory Decisions?
Aug 2007
This work empirically assesses the degree to which inventory decisions made by entrepreneurs and small businesses are informed by the logic underlying the newsvendor or base stock model and are...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
Downloads
See Smart Work at work in real industry scenarios.
Jul 2010
"Working smarter is a hot topic in companies looking for flexibility, agility and collaboration. The Smart Work: 3D Interactive Demo is the result of thousands of customer implementations in seven...
Provided by IBM
-
Case Studies
Connect: Extend your ESB for Complex Data Whitepaper with WebSphere Transformation Extender Whitepaper
Jul 2010
"For many businesses, a primary barrier to business agility and cost optimization is the ability to effectively manage interactions with partners and suppliers and integrate industry data...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Costs Of Adding E-Commerce To Brick-And-Mortar Retailing
May 2010
Great scalability and customer reach at a relatively low cost (compared to traditional, brick-and-mortar stores) are the promises of ecommerce retailing. Day-to-day expenses are generally lower as...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Inventory: The Crucible Of Success
May 2010
Just as the lake behind Hoover Dam has an optimal level, so does the inventory in a business. While an inventory level that is too low initially helps cash flow, it will eventually hurt it. Low...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Applying The 80/20 Rule To Your Inventory
Apr 2010
The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle, simply means that roughly 80 percent of the effects of anything you might be doing come from 20 percent of the causes. For example, 80 percent...
Provided by American Express
-
Whitepapers
Asset Management in the Utilities Industry
Aug 2010
This paper reviews the trends and issues facing the utilities industry. It also discusses why and how asset and service management offers solutions for addressing these and other critical issues...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
FMC Technologies - CRM Customer Success Story
Sep 2010
See how this equipment supplier for the oil and gas industry integrated and centralized its forecasting data using SAP CRM. With better insight and reporting of sales forecasts, managers can make...
Provided by SAP
-
Whitepapers
Transforming your Information Infrastructure with IBM's Storage Cloud Solution
Sep 2010
You may be looking for ways to reduce the total cost of ownership of your data storage infrastructure. The costs you should worry about aren't just hardware costs - maintenance, upgrades,...
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
Nedbank Uses Cloud Computing from IBM to Improve Business Performance
Sep 2010
Nedbank relies on IBM to improve efficiency and flexibility. Cloud computing solutions offer easy deployment and provisioning of new computing resources for the company. Watch this video to see...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Delivering Value with Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resource Management Release 12.1
Apr 2010
Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS Release 12.1 is Oracle's global solution suite for intuitive and effective human capital management. Creating a rapid return on investment, Oracle E-Business Suite...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
E-Business Model Design And Implementation In Supply-Chain Integration
Jul 2009
Supply chain integration methodologies have been increasing as a consequence of the globalization of production and sales, and the advancement of enabling information technologies. In this paper,...
Provided by Academy Publisher
-
Whitepapers
John Webster whitepaper: COST/BENEFIT CASE FOR IBM XIV STORAGE SYSTEM:COMPARING COSTS FOR IBM XIV AND EMC V-MAX SYSTEMS
Oct 2010
Learn about the role of storage in building a smarter planet.
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
ITG whitepaper (SAP): VALUE PROPOSITION FOR IBM SYSTEM STORAGE: COST/BENEFIT CASE FOR SAP DEPLOYMENT IN ENTERPRISE INSTALLATIONS
Oct 2010
The following whitepaper outlines the requirements of an effective SAP enterprise storage infrastructure in three critical areas - functional capabilities, cost-effectiveness, and integration and...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Lead Your Company Through An Economic Slowdown
Oct 2008
During periods of economic decline entrepreneurs are most likely to bear the brunt economically. Do not bury your head in the ground waiting for things to get better. Look how your business can...
Provided by SBA
-
White Papers
BI Enables Inventory Optimization And Working Capital Reduction
Apr 2009
Credit is tight. Even though interest rates have declined recently, banks and other lenders are scrutinizing borrowers very carefully despite Administration efforts to motivate lending in order to...
Provided by DecisionPath Consulting
-
Whitepapers
IBM Smarter Planet Storage Solutions
Nov 2010
Learn how storage plays a key role in a smarter planet.
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
The Beergame In Business-To-Business eCommerce Courses ? A Teaching Report
Jun 2008
In this teaching report the author demonstrated the use of the so-called beer distribution game in teaching business-to-business eCommerce courses. The beergame is a role-play supply chain...
Provided by University of Munster
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White Papers
8 Ways To Boost Supply Chain Agility
Feb 2010
As the recent global recession deepened, some industries saw sales decline by 40 percent or more. Cash-strapped companies struggled with order cancellations, inventory pile-ups and underused...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Whitepapers
OSA - Ask the Oracle 8 Ball
Aug 2010
Do you know how much more WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition now costs? Who is the real leader on performance benchmarks? How will the recent acquisition of Sun affect you? Is Oracle inhibiting...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
E-Business And The Supply Chain Management
Aug 2008
With an increased competition in the marketplace, one can observe an increase in product offerings in the market. This should lead to shorter product life cycles. It has therefore become essential...
Provided by Sayco
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White Papers
The Beergame In Business-To-Business eCommerce Courses ? A Teaching Report
Jun 2008
In this teaching report the author demonstrated the use of the so-called beer distribution game in teaching business-to-business eCommerce courses. The beergame is a role-play supply chain...
Provided by University of Munster
-
Whitepapers
IBM Smarter Planet Storage Solutions
Nov 2010
Learn how storage plays a key role in a smarter planet.
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
BI Enables Inventory Optimization And Working Capital Reduction
Apr 2009
Credit is tight. Even though interest rates have declined recently, banks and other lenders are scrutinizing borrowers very carefully despite Administration efforts to motivate lending in order to...
Provided by DecisionPath Consulting
-
White Papers
Lead Your Company Through An Economic Slowdown
Oct 2008
During periods of economic decline entrepreneurs are most likely to bear the brunt economically. Do not bury your head in the ground waiting for things to get better. Look how your business can...
Provided by SBA
-
Whitepapers
ITG whitepaper (SAP): VALUE PROPOSITION FOR IBM SYSTEM STORAGE: COST/BENEFIT CASE FOR SAP DEPLOYMENT IN ENTERPRISE INSTALLATIONS
Oct 2010
The following whitepaper outlines the requirements of an effective SAP enterprise storage infrastructure in three critical areas - functional capabilities, cost-effectiveness, and integration and...
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
John Webster whitepaper: COST/BENEFIT CASE FOR IBM XIV STORAGE SYSTEM:COMPARING COSTS FOR IBM XIV AND EMC V-MAX SYSTEMS
Oct 2010
Learn about the role of storage in building a smarter planet.
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
E-Business Model Design And Implementation In Supply-Chain Integration
Jul 2009
Supply chain integration methodologies have been increasing as a consequence of the globalization of production and sales, and the advancement of enabling information technologies. In this paper,...
Provided by Academy Publisher
-
White Papers
Delivering Value with Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resource Management Release 12.1
Apr 2010
Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS Release 12.1 is Oracle's global solution suite for intuitive and effective human capital management. Creating a rapid return on investment, Oracle E-Business Suite...
Provided by Oracle
-
Whitepapers
Nedbank Uses Cloud Computing from IBM to Improve Business Performance
Sep 2010
Nedbank relies on IBM to improve efficiency and flexibility. Cloud computing solutions offer easy deployment and provisioning of new computing resources for the company. Watch this video to see...
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
Transforming your Information Infrastructure with IBM's Storage Cloud Solution
Sep 2010
You may be looking for ways to reduce the total cost of ownership of your data storage infrastructure. The costs you should worry about aren't just hardware costs - maintenance, upgrades,...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
FMC Technologies - CRM Customer Success Story
Sep 2010
See how this equipment supplier for the oil and gas industry integrated and centralized its forecasting data using SAP CRM. With better insight and reporting of sales forecasts, managers can make...
Provided by SAP
-
Whitepapers
Asset Management in the Utilities Industry
Aug 2010
This paper reviews the trends and issues facing the utilities industry. It also discusses why and how asset and service management offers solutions for addressing these and other critical issues...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Applying The 80/20 Rule To Your Inventory
Apr 2010
The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle, simply means that roughly 80 percent of the effects of anything you might be doing come from 20 percent of the causes. For example, 80 percent...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Inventory: The Crucible Of Success
May 2010
Just as the lake behind Hoover Dam has an optimal level, so does the inventory in a business. While an inventory level that is too low initially helps cash flow, it will eventually hurt it. Low...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Costs Of Adding E-Commerce To Brick-And-Mortar Retailing
May 2010
Great scalability and customer reach at a relatively low cost (compared to traditional, brick-and-mortar stores) are the promises of ecommerce retailing. Day-to-day expenses are generally lower as...
Provided by American Express
-
Case Studies
Connect: Extend your ESB for Complex Data Whitepaper with WebSphere Transformation Extender Whitepaper
Jul 2010
"For many businesses, a primary barrier to business agility and cost optimization is the ability to effectively manage interactions with partners and suppliers and integrate industry data...
Provided by IBM
-
Downloads
See Smart Work at work in real industry scenarios.
Jul 2010
"Working smarter is a hot topic in companies looking for flexibility, agility and collaboration. The Smart Work: 3D Interactive Demo is the result of thousands of customer implementations in seven...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurs And Newsvendors: Do Small Businesses Follow The Newsvendor Logic When Making Inventory Decisions?
Aug 2007
This work empirically assesses the degree to which inventory decisions made by entrepreneurs and small businesses are informed by the logic underlying the newsvendor or base stock model and are...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Demand Estimation And Assortment Optimization Under Substitution: Methodology And Application
Dec 2007
Assortment planning at a retailer entails both selecting the set of products to be carried and setting inventory levels for each product. The authors study an assortment planning model in which...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Advance Booking Programs for Managing Supply, Demand, And Price Risks
Feb 2010
While advance booking programs have been shown to be effective for firms to manage uncertain demand, the effectiveness of such programs is unclear when supply, demand, and price risks are present...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Seeking Inventory Control Answers Via Research. Incomplete Inventory Information: The Next Challenge In Inventory Control
Jul 2008
Inventory control is one of the most important topics in management science. A systematic analysis of inventory problems began with the development of the classical Economic Order Quantity formula...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
-
White Papers
Optimal and Heuristic Echelon (r; nQ; T) Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Fixed Costs
Aug 2008
This paper studies a periodic-review, serial inventory system in which echelon (r; nQ; T) policies are implemented. Under such a policy, each stage reviews its inventory in every T period and...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Serial Supply Chains With Economies Of Scale: Bounds And Approximations
Aug 2007
The authors consider two models of stochastic serial inventory systems with economies of scale for which the forms of optimal policies are known. In the first model, each stage has a fixed-order...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Optimal And Heuristic Echelon (s; T) Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Fixed Costs
Dec 2007
This paper considers a periodic-review, serial inventory system with echelon (s; T) policies. This paper assumes that a fixed cost is incurred for each inventory review, and provides a method to...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
An Investigation Of The Value Of Cross-Docking For Supply Chain Management
Jul 2008
Cross-docking is a strategy used to reduce the time that inventory spends in the supply chain. This is achieved by accelerating inventory flow via the receipt of a product at an inbound dock and...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
-
White Papers
Spread Components In The Hungarian Forint-Euro Market
Jan 2010
The authors apply the spread decomposition model by Huang and Stoll (1997) to a new data set on the Hungarian Forint-Euro market. The results show differences between the small and less liquid...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
Supply Chain Finance - What's It Worth?
Oct 2009
Supply Chain Finance (SCF) represents an innovative opportunity to reduce working capital. Its underlying mechanism is reverse factoring making the technique buyer-rather than supplier-centric....
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
The Network Is The Risk
Jan 2010
The start of 2009 saw dramatic headlines in the Financial Times about the UK Economy. UK debt fears fuel plunge in sterling (20th January 2009), What started with the credit crunch has become a...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
The Customer Value Proposition Should Drive Supply Chain Design: An Example In Mass Retailing
Oct 2009
A successful company typically starts with a deep understanding of customer needs in a segment and translates these needs into a value proposition. Then it develops its supply chain capability to...
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
Evaluation Of Supply Chains With Inventory Record Inaccuracy And Implications On IT Investments
Mar 2009
Inventory record inaccuracy deteriorates supply chain performance because it leads to ineffective replenishment decisions. Conducting cycle counts (i.e., periodic inventory auditing) is a common...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Inventory Management Of A Fast-Fashion Retail Network
Aug 2007
Working in collaboration with Spain-based retailer Zara, Authors address the problem of distributing over time a limited amount of inventory across all the stores in a fast-fashion retail network....
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Single-Stage Bounds For Optimal Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Non-Stationary Demand
Mar 2010
This paper considers a two-stage serial inventory system with a finite planning horizon. The downstream stage, referred to as stage 1, orders from stage 2, which orders from an external supplier...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Optimizing Replenishment Intervals For Two-Echelon Distribution Systems With Fixed Order Costs
Mar 2010
The authors consider a periodic-review inventory system with one warehouse and N non-identical retailers. Each location has a positive lead time and orders according to a base-stock policy in...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Coordination Mechanisms In Decentralized Serial Inventory Systems With Batch Ordering
Feb 2009
This paper studies a periodic-review, serial supply chain in which materials are ordered and shipped according to R(nQ) policies. Three information scenarios are considered, depending on the level...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Evaluation Of Cycle-Count Policies For Supply Chains With Inventory Inaccuracy And Implications On RFID Investments
Nov 2009
Inventory record inaccuracy deteriorates supply chain performance because it leads to ineffective replenishment decisions. Conducting cycle counts (i.e., periodic inventory auditing) is a common...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Improving Supply Chain Performance: Real-Time Demand Information And Flexible Deliveries
Jul 2009
In some supply chains, materials are ordered periodically according to local information. This paper investigates how to improve the performance of such a supply chain. Specifically, the authors...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
The Newsvendor With Pricing: A Stochastic Elasticity Perspective
Sep 2007
This paper introduces a measure of elasticity of stochastic demand, called the elasticity of lost sales, which offers a unifying perspective on the well-known newsvendor with pricing problem. This...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
Supply Chain Finance - What's It Worth?
Oct 2009
Supply Chain Finance (SCF) represents an innovative opportunity to reduce working capital. Its underlying mechanism is reverse factoring making the technique buyer-rather than supplier-centric....
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
Spread Components In The Hungarian Forint-Euro Market
Jan 2010
The authors apply the spread decomposition model by Huang and Stoll (1997) to a new data set on the Hungarian Forint-Euro market. The results show differences between the small and less liquid...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
An Investigation Of The Value Of Cross-Docking For Supply Chain Management
Jul 2008
Cross-docking is a strategy used to reduce the time that inventory spends in the supply chain. This is achieved by accelerating inventory flow via the receipt of a product at an inbound dock and...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
-
White Papers
Optimal And Heuristic Echelon (s; T) Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Fixed Costs
Dec 2007
This paper considers a periodic-review, serial inventory system with echelon (s; T) policies. This paper assumes that a fixed cost is incurred for each inventory review, and provides a method to...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Serial Supply Chains With Economies Of Scale: Bounds And Approximations
Aug 2007
The authors consider two models of stochastic serial inventory systems with economies of scale for which the forms of optimal policies are known. In the first model, each stage has a fixed-order...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Optimal and Heuristic Echelon (r; nQ; T) Policies In Serial Inventory Systems With Fixed Costs
Aug 2008
This paper studies a periodic-review, serial inventory system in which echelon (r; nQ; T) policies are implemented. Under such a policy, each stage reviews its inventory in every T period and...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Seeking Inventory Control Answers Via Research. Incomplete Inventory Information: The Next Challenge In Inventory Control
Jul 2008
Inventory control is one of the most important topics in management science. A systematic analysis of inventory problems began with the development of the classical Economic Order Quantity formula...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
-
White Papers
Advance Booking Programs for Managing Supply, Demand, And Price Risks
Feb 2010
While advance booking programs have been shown to be effective for firms to manage uncertain demand, the effectiveness of such programs is unclear when supply, demand, and price risks are present...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Demand Estimation And Assortment Optimization Under Substitution: Methodology And Application
Dec 2007
Assortment planning at a retailer entails both selecting the set of products to be carried and setting inventory levels for each product. The authors study an assortment planning model in which...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Entrepreneurs And Newsvendors: Do Small Businesses Follow The Newsvendor Logic When Making Inventory Decisions?
Aug 2007
This work empirically assesses the degree to which inventory decisions made by entrepreneurs and small businesses are informed by the logic underlying the newsvendor or base stock model and are...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
Downloads
See Smart Work at work in real industry scenarios.
Jul 2010
"Working smarter is a hot topic in companies looking for flexibility, agility and collaboration. The Smart Work: 3D Interactive Demo is the result of thousands of customer implementations in seven...
Provided by IBM
-
Case Studies
Connect: Extend your ESB for Complex Data Whitepaper with WebSphere Transformation Extender Whitepaper
Jul 2010
"For many businesses, a primary barrier to business agility and cost optimization is the ability to effectively manage interactions with partners and suppliers and integrate industry data...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Costs Of Adding E-Commerce To Brick-And-Mortar Retailing
May 2010
Great scalability and customer reach at a relatively low cost (compared to traditional, brick-and-mortar stores) are the promises of ecommerce retailing. Day-to-day expenses are generally lower as...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Inventory: The Crucible Of Success
May 2010
Just as the lake behind Hoover Dam has an optimal level, so does the inventory in a business. While an inventory level that is too low initially helps cash flow, it will eventually hurt it. Low...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Applying The 80/20 Rule To Your Inventory
Apr 2010
The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle, simply means that roughly 80 percent of the effects of anything you might be doing come from 20 percent of the causes. For example, 80 percent...
Provided by American Express
-
Whitepapers
Asset Management in the Utilities Industry
Aug 2010
This paper reviews the trends and issues facing the utilities industry. It also discusses why and how asset and service management offers solutions for addressing these and other critical issues...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
FMC Technologies - CRM Customer Success Story
Sep 2010
See how this equipment supplier for the oil and gas industry integrated and centralized its forecasting data using SAP CRM. With better insight and reporting of sales forecasts, managers can make...
Provided by SAP
-
Whitepapers
Transforming your Information Infrastructure with IBM's Storage Cloud Solution
Sep 2010
You may be looking for ways to reduce the total cost of ownership of your data storage infrastructure. The costs you should worry about aren't just hardware costs - maintenance, upgrades,...
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
Nedbank Uses Cloud Computing from IBM to Improve Business Performance
Sep 2010
Nedbank relies on IBM to improve efficiency and flexibility. Cloud computing solutions offer easy deployment and provisioning of new computing resources for the company. Watch this video to see...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Delivering Value with Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resource Management Release 12.1
Apr 2010
Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS Release 12.1 is Oracle's global solution suite for intuitive and effective human capital management. Creating a rapid return on investment, Oracle E-Business Suite...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
E-Business Model Design And Implementation In Supply-Chain Integration
Jul 2009
Supply chain integration methodologies have been increasing as a consequence of the globalization of production and sales, and the advancement of enabling information technologies. In this paper,...
Provided by Academy Publisher
-
Whitepapers
John Webster whitepaper: COST/BENEFIT CASE FOR IBM XIV STORAGE SYSTEM:COMPARING COSTS FOR IBM XIV AND EMC V-MAX SYSTEMS
Oct 2010
Learn about the role of storage in building a smarter planet.
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
ITG whitepaper (SAP): VALUE PROPOSITION FOR IBM SYSTEM STORAGE: COST/BENEFIT CASE FOR SAP DEPLOYMENT IN ENTERPRISE INSTALLATIONS
Oct 2010
The following whitepaper outlines the requirements of an effective SAP enterprise storage infrastructure in three critical areas - functional capabilities, cost-effectiveness, and integration and...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Lead Your Company Through An Economic Slowdown
Oct 2008
During periods of economic decline entrepreneurs are most likely to bear the brunt economically. Do not bury your head in the ground waiting for things to get better. Look how your business can...
Provided by SBA
-
White Papers
BI Enables Inventory Optimization And Working Capital Reduction
Apr 2009
Credit is tight. Even though interest rates have declined recently, banks and other lenders are scrutinizing borrowers very carefully despite Administration efforts to motivate lending in order to...
Provided by DecisionPath Consulting
-
Whitepapers
IBM Smarter Planet Storage Solutions
Nov 2010
Learn how storage plays a key role in a smarter planet.
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
The Beergame In Business-To-Business eCommerce Courses ? A Teaching Report
Jun 2008
In this teaching report the author demonstrated the use of the so-called beer distribution game in teaching business-to-business eCommerce courses. The beergame is a role-play supply chain...
Provided by University of Munster
-
White Papers
E-Business And The Supply Chain Management
Aug 2008
With an increased competition in the marketplace, one can observe an increase in product offerings in the market. This should lead to shorter product life cycles. It has therefore become essential...
Provided by Sayco
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Whitepapers
OSA - Ask the Oracle 8 Ball
Aug 2010
Do you know how much more WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition now costs? Who is the real leader on performance benchmarks? How will the recent acquisition of Sun affect you? Is Oracle inhibiting...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Inventory Management & Finding The Right Outsource Partner
Jan 2010
The cost of inventory to a retailer is far greater than simply the invoice cost and freight. There are inventory carrying costs, shrink, damage and obsolescence costs, and even the cost of lost...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
How To Move Old Inventory: Tips You Must Know
Jan 2009
Overall inventory turns help to determine a standard as to how often a company's inventory moves on an annual or monthly basis. Individual items can then be compared to the overall inventory....
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Consignment Inventory: What Is It And When Does It Make Sense To Use It
Jan 2010
Consignment Inventory is inventory that is in the possession of the customer, but is still owned by the supplier. In other words, the supplier places some of his inventory in his customer's...
Provided by Inventory Operations Consulting
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White Papers
Negative Inventory: What You Don't Know May Make Things Worse
Jan 2010
People can get rather excited over negative inventory because the concept seems so ridiculous. Surprisingly, negative inventory is a very common occurrence and may even be a "normal" part of some...
Provided by Inventory Operations Consulting
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Webcasts
Taming the Information Explosion with IBM System Storage
Nov 2010
Today's IT departments are being asked to meet tomorrow's storage challenges with yesterday's solutions. In this special announcement webcast, an IBM storage executive and a recognized storage...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
How Well Are You Managing Your Inventory?
Nov 2010
Working capital is an important measure of a company's financial health. It's defined as the difference between Current Assets and Current Liabilities (Working Capital = Current Assets - Current...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Just In Time (JIT) Inventory Model - Is It Effective?
Jun 2010
Just-in-time (JIT) refers to a collection of practices that is designed to eliminate waste. These organizational practices encompass the entire logistics flow of materials from purchasing through...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Drop Shipping And Virtual Inventories
Apr 2010
It seems as if nearly everything in the world can be done virtually. When you sit down in front of your computer you can create a whole other life for yourself complete with a house,...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Inventory Control With The Help From An Industrial Storage Company
May 2010
If you are in the business of selling consumer based products or goods, then you understand the importance of having the right inventory control. One way of providing the most competent customer...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Use Of Barcodes In Supply Chain Management
Mar 2010
Barcodes have influenced almost every aspect of Supply Chain Management. The use of barcodes makes business integration processes in supply chain management simpler and more efficient. Barcodes...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Bargaining Power And Supply Base Diversification
Dec 2009
Widespread poverty is an urgent challenge for the world. Creating opportunities for steady employment at reasonable wages is the best way to take people out of poverty. Reducing poverty through...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
