In this paper we consider an airline seat allocation model where multiple fare classes are available and replenishment can be allowed for the lower fare classes. Such a replenishment likely occurs whenever the higher fare classes do not have demands large enough compared with the number of the pre-allocated seats. Then, the lower fare classes should be reopened while the prices may be discounte...

Consideration of resources such as fuel, battery charge, and storage space, is a crucial requirement for the successful persistent operation of autonomous systems. The Stochastic Collection and Replenishment (SCAR) scenario is motivated by mining and agricultural scenarios where a dedicated replenishment agent transports a resource between a centralised replenishment point to agents using the r...

We consider a periodic-review, serial inventory system, in which each stage replenishes inventory according to an echelon-stock (r, nQ, T ) policy – a standard echelon-stock (r, nQ) policy executed every T periods. Demands are independent, identically distributed in different periods and occur at the most downstream stage. Two types of fixed costs are considered: setup cost and replenishment co...

This paper considers a continuous-review, single-product production-inventory system with a constant replenishment rate, compound Poisson demands and lost-sales. Two objective functions that represent metrics of operational costs are considered: (1) the sum of the expected discounted inventory holding costs and lost-sales penalties, both over an infinite time horizon, given an initial inventory...

--In this paper, we consider an integrated inventory model with one vendor and multiple retailers. In this three-tier supply chain system, the vendor purchases raw material produces into finished products, and delivers finished products to the retailers. We assume that the production (at the vendor) and the replenishment (at all the retailers) of the finished products share the common cycle tim...

There are many benefits for coordination of multiple suppliers when single supplier cannot satisfy buyer demands.  In addition, buyer needs to purchase multiple items in a real supply chain. So, a model that satisfies these requests has many advantages. We extend the existing approaches in the literature that assume all suppliers need to be put on a common replenishment cycle and each supplier ...

Abstract The model describes an EOQ model with time-varying deterioration, partial backlogging which depends on the length of the waiting time for the next replenishment, linearly time-varying demand function over a finite time horizon and variable replenishment cycle. The model is solved analytically to obtain the optimal solution of the problem. It is illustrated with the help of a numerical ...

Assemble-to-order (ATO) is an important operational strategy for manufacturing firms to achieve quick response to customer orders while keeping low finished good inventories. This strategy has been successfully used not only by manufacturers (e.g., Dell, IBM) but also by retailers (e.g., Amazon.com). The evaluation of order-based performance is known to be an important but difficult task, and t...

there are many benefits for coordination of multiple suppliers when single supplier cannot satisfy buyer demands.  in addition, buyer needs to purchase multiple items in a real supply chain. so, a model that satisfies these requests has many advantages. we extend the existing approaches in the literature that assume all suppliers need to be put on a common replenishment cycle and each supplier ...

We propose a new method for making the inventory replenishment decisions in distribution systems. In particular, we consider distribution systems consisting of multiple retailers that face random demand and a warehouse that supplies the retailers. The method that we propose is based on formulating the distribution problem as a dynamic program and relaxing the constraints that ensure the nonnega...