Faced with challenges of patient no-show behavior in the advanced scheduling system and the demand variability effect in the open-access system, outpatient clinics may use a combination of both policies. When this happens, the typical decision rule is the "carve-out scheduling" (COS) policy. The...

This study considers a supply chain consisting of a commodity supplier and a final product manufacturer with uncertain demand. In addition to purchasing from the supplier through a forward contract, the manufacturer can adjust their inventory by trading the commodity in an online spot market...

This study aims to suggest using the interpretation type of deployment of quality function deployment (QFD) as a methodology to understand the passengers' needs when they situate in the train cars of urban rail, using the East Rail Line (ERL) in Hong Kong as a case study. The result shows that...