Retail operations

The Missing Link in Retail Operations

R etailers have invested, and continue to invest, suhstantial amounts of money in information technology (fT). By some estimates,' U.S. retailers now spend close to $30 billion a year on fT, mostly to track merchandise and operations, automate transactions, and optimize inventory levels and other supply chain decisions. However, operational execution—a vital complement to planning and automatio...

A Comprehensive System Dynamics Model for Retail Operations: Rfid Adoption in the Retail Sector

Pricing, Variety, and Inventory Decisions in Retail Operations Management

Teaching Retail Operations in Business and Engineering Schools

The Planning for the Cross-docking Operations of a Large Supermarket Retail Supply Chain

With the knowledge accumulated from participating the first cross-docking network development, this paper summarizes the key planning and modeling issues for the crossdocking operations of a large supermarket retail chain in Taiwan. The insights gained from this study can aid large retail chains to better plan their cross-docking operations.