We analyze a newsboy problem with resalable returns. A single order is placed before the selling season starts. Purchased products may be returned by the customer for a full refund within a certain time interval. Returned products are resalable, provided they arrive back before the end of the...

A warehouse needs to have sufficient open locations to be able to store incoming shipments of various sizes. In combination with ongoing load retrievals open locations gradually spread over the storage area. Unfavorable positions of open locations negatively impact the average load retrieval...

Many of the challenges in spare parts logistics emerge due to the combination of large service networks, and sporadic/slow-moving demand. Customer heterogeneity and stringent service deadlines entail further challenges. Meanwhile, high revenues rates in service operations motivate companies to...

Verpackungen sind wichtige Bestandteile der logistischen Supply Chain. Eine Verknüpfung von diesen mit smarten Technologien ermöglicht es, Verpackungen als aktive Bestandteile mit spezialisierten Aufgaben in die Prozesse der Logistik, der Industrie und des Handels zu integrieren. Hieraus...

Retail companies can employ a variety of return policies ranging from a no-questions-asked return policy to specifying a duration in which products can be returned. This duration is often termed as return period. The impact of return period length on product return volumes and their variability...

Russian Abstract: Статья об особенностях оказания логистических услуг в электронной коммерции. Автор анализирует основные закономерности и тенденции формирования...

Russian Abstract: Статья об институциональных особенностях управления цепями поставок в условиях электронной коммерции. Внедрение облачных технологий коренным...

Russian Abstract: Статья об объективных закономерностях формирования распределительной инфраструктуры электронной коммерции. Распределительная инфраструктура...

Russian Abstract: Статья об институциональном особенностях распределительных сетей на виртуальном рынке электронной коммерции. Переход к новым формам распределения...

Working within the framework of a finite population, dynamic inventory optimization model where future demand is endogenous to inventory policy, this paper considers the effect of customer referrals and forced exit from the market caused by the loss of market share due to customer defections....