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Optimal Service Design: Integrating Marketing And Operations Elements For Capacity Decisions, Madeleine E. Pullman, William Moore Jan 1997

Optimal Service Design: Integrating Marketing And Operations Elements For Capacity Decisions, Madeleine E. Pullman, William Moore

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A model is presented for optimizing a service industry both with respect to customer service and profitability in order to choose the optimal product service attributes.


Inventory Under Consignment, John Semple, Brian Downs Jan 1997

Inventory Under Consignment, John Semple, Brian Downs

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A model is presented, based on experience from a real-world warehouser, that provides insight as to how best to optimize replenishment. Further work is proposed to explore forecasting and to calculate needed storage capacities.


A Direct Approach For Managing Inventory With Lost Sales, Intermittent Demand And Resource Constraints, John Semple, Brian Downs Jan 1997

A Direct Approach For Managing Inventory With Lost Sales, Intermittent Demand And Resource Constraints, John Semple, Brian Downs

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A model for optimizing inventory levels and distributor income is presented. Research to explore forecasting, warehouse capacities, and the situation under other assumptions remains.