We address the value of RFID technology enabled information to manage perishables in the context of a supplier that sells a random lifetime product subject to stochastic demand and lost sales. The product's lifetime is largely determined by the time and temperature history in the supply chain....

In the traditional situation, all transportation companies had their own clients and their own set of transportation orders.In a situation with order sharing, transportation companies mutually share their data on transportation orders.This enables a much better allocation of orders to the...