We consider the problem of allocating demand arising from multiple products to multiple production facilities with finite capacity and load-dependent lead-times. Production facilities can choose to manufacture items either to-stock or to-order. Products vary in their demand rates, holding and...

We consider the optimal production and inventory control of an assemble-to-order system with m components, one end-product, and n customer classes. A control policy specifies when to produce each component and, whenever an order is placed, whether or not to satisfy it from on-hand inventory. We...

It is widely believed that ride sharing, the practice of sharing a car such that more than one person travels in the car during a journey, has the potential to significantly reduce traffic by filling up cars more efficiently. We introduce a model in which individuals may share rides for a...

Problem definition: We consider capacity sharing through demand allocation among firms with multiple demand sources and multiple service facilities. Firms decide on the allocation of demand from different sources to different facilities to minimize delay costs and service fulfillment costs...

Problem Definition: We study the strategic interactions between a supplier and a retailer under demand uncertainty when the supplier has two options for how to ship a product: (i) road transport, which is expensive, high-emission and flexible, and (ii) rail transport, which is cheap, green, and...

Problem Definition: We study the impact of competition between two on-demand service platforms on worker welfare and consumer surplus. The platforms compete for both workers and customers by deciding on wages to pay workers and prices to charge customers. Workers, who are heterogeneous in their...

Problem Definition:End-consumers pay substantial price premia for green certified sustainably sourced products. In addition to the cost of sustainable practices themselves, record keeping required to keep track of those practices and auditing by certifying agencies are costly for the supplier....

Problem Definition: An on-demand service platform relies on independent workers (agents) who decide how much time, if any, to devote to the platform. Some labor advocates have argued that an expansion of the labor pool hurts agents—by reducing the wage and agent utilization (i.e., the fraction...