This paper considers repositioning empty containers between multi-ports over multi-periods with stochastic demand and lost sales. The objective is to minimize the total operating cost including container-holding cost, stockout cost, importing cost and exporting cost. First, we formulate the...

In this paper, we consider the unbounded parallel-batch scheduling with rejection. A job is either rejected, in which case a certain penalty has to be paid, or accepted and processed in batches on a machine. The processing time of a batch is defined as the longest processing time of the jobs...

It is generally accepted that firms that pursue sound quality management practices will become more competitive due to enhanced business excellence and performance. However, relatively little research has studied the relationships between quality management practices and organizational...

In this paper, we consider single-machine due window assignment and scheduling with a common flow allowance and controllable job processing times, subject to unlimited or limited resource availability. Due window assignment with a common flow allowance means that each job has a job-dependent due...

Although electronic product code (ePC) is a popular standard of inter-organisational communication for identifying and tracing trade items, its level of adoption varies among firms, many of which still confine their supply chain activities to manual processes and stand-alone operations. To...