In todays rapidly changing global world, the sustainability of an organization depends not only upon its financial performance, but also upon its environmental and social performance. It is suggested that policy makers, and corporate and engineering managers integrate economic, environmental and...

We consider the simultaneous design and operation of remnant inventory supply chains. Remnant inventory is generated when demand for various lengths of a product may be satisfied by existing inventory, or by cutting a large piece into smaller pieces. We formulate our problem as a two-stage...