We investigate large-scale facility location models that consider the risk pooling effects of centralizing safety stocks when customer demands are correlated across customer locations. This problem has not been well studied, perhaps because the calculation of safety stock levels with correlated demands requires significant computational effort. The experimental evaluation of any proposed proced...

the telecommunications industry plays an important role in providing ict services to a wide range of customers. in addition to individual customers, corporate customers also are user of these services and have an important role to make return on investment for telecom companies (telcos). therefore, this group of customers should not be ignored by any reason. this is where the telecom companies ...

abstract: the aim of this research is to propose a new approach of kansei engineering, kano model and taguchi design of experiments to identify, categorize and prioritize customersʹ emotional needs (kansei) in the automotive industry in order to more customer satisfaction. to achieve the above aim, first customersʹ kansei words identified and screened; then these words classified based on kano ...

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a structured approach to defining customer needs or requirements and translating them into specific plans to produce products to meet those needs. The "voice of the customer" is the term to describe these stated and unstated customer needs or requirements. The voice of the customer is captured in a variety of ways: direct discussion or interviews, surveys, f...

This chapter aims to provide a complete characterization of the different perspectives of customer relationship management (CRM) and its potentialities to support knowledge management practices in a multinational context. It describes the strategic and technological dimensions of CRM and how its adoption supports the development of a learning and customer-focused organization, with special emph...

Recommender systems are techniques that allow companies to develop one-to-one marketing strategies and provide support in connecting with customers for e-commerce. There exist various recommendation techniques, including collaborative filtering (CF), contentbased filtering, WRFM-based method, and hybrid methods. The CF method generally utilizes past purchasing preferences to determine recommend...

customer is felt more and more. today organizations can't make it faraway without giving attention to their customer's needs. for this purpose organizations try out many concepts which can help them be leader in managing their customers. one such concept is the customer relationship management (crm). crm has come a long way since its inception in business circles and its major change is felt in...

using the effective management tools that are relevant tothe organization’s needs for excellence has become so important for thecompanies to improve their performances and then increase customersatisfaction and gain market shares. quality function deployment is anefficient and powerful tool in design, development, and planning of products.the main function of quality function deployment is conv...