Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the information pertaining to the downstream
part of the supply chain and then reviews the upstream information. The chapter discusses …

Supply chains are complicated dynamical systems triggered by customer demands. Proper
selection of equipment, machinery, buildings and transportation fleets is a key component …

Inventories are prevalent everywhere in the commercial world, whether it be in retail stores,
manufacturing facilities, government stockpile material, Federal Reserve banks, or even …

For many maintenance organizations, on-condition maintenance tasks are the most
important source of spare part demand. An uneven distribution of maintenance tasks over …

This paper studies the preorder strategy that a seller may use to sell a perishable product in
an uncertain market with heterogeneous consumers. By accepting preorders, the seller is …

We consider firms that feature their products on the Internet but take orders offline. Click and
order data are disjoint on such non‐transactional websites, and their matching is error …

The quick response (QR) supply chain system has received a great deal of attention in the
recent past because of the advances in many new technologies such as RFID systems and …

This paper considers inventory models with advance demand information and flexible
delivery. Customers place their orders in advance, and delivery is flexible in the sense that …

This paper examines a single-echelon inventory system that fulfills stochastic orders from a
production facility using a time-based shipment consolidation strategy. In this system, the …

Traditionally, logistics decisions have been driven by minimizing cost, maximizing
profitability, or achieving customer service targets. As companies have added sustainability …