Dr Nail Tahirov's Outputs (6)

Service-level anchoring in demand forecasting: The moderating impact of retail promotions and product perishability (2024)
Journal Article
Fahimnia, B., Tan, T., & Tahirov, N. (online). Service-level anchoring in demand forecasting: The moderating impact of retail promotions and product perishability. International Journal of Forecasting, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2024.07.007

The development of demand plans involves the integration of demand forecasts, service-level prerequisites, replenishment constraints, and revenue projections. However, empirical evidence has brought to light that forecasters often fail to distinguish... Read More about Service-level anchoring in demand forecasting: The moderating impact of retail promotions and product perishability.

Configuration of last-mile distribution networks for an encroaching manufacturer (2024)
Journal Article
Tahirov, N., Akhundov, N., Emde, S., & Glock, C. H. (online). Configuration of last-mile distribution networks for an encroaching manufacturer. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06031-3

The surge of e-commerce has revolutionized distribution channels, escalating from simple single-channel frameworks to complex multi-channel and omni-channel networks. In particular developments in information technology and rising customer expectatio... Read More about Configuration of last-mile distribution networks for an encroaching manufacturer.

Optimal Scheduling of Waitstaff with Different Experience Levels at a Restaurant Chain (2022)
Journal Article
Akhundov, N., Tahirov, N., & Glock, C. H. (2022). Optimal Scheduling of Waitstaff with Different Experience Levels at a Restaurant Chain. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, 52(4), 324-343. https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2022.1124

Restaurants often face strong pressure to reduce costs. Managers regularly respond by hiring temporary or part-time workers and by trying to reduce the size of the workforce as much as possible, which makes it difficult to develop a personnel schedul... Read More about Optimal Scheduling of Waitstaff with Different Experience Levels at a Restaurant Chain.

Manufacturer encroachment and channel conflicts: A systematic review of the literature (2022)
Journal Article
Tahirov, N., & Glock, C. H. (2022). Manufacturer encroachment and channel conflicts: A systematic review of the literature. European Journal of Operational Research, 302(2), 403-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.12.006

To reach more customers, many manufacturers utilize multiple distribution channels consisting of a direct and an indirect sales channel. In particular, the strong growth of internet sales (or e-commerce) has driven companies to redesign their distrib... Read More about Manufacturer encroachment and channel conflicts: A systematic review of the literature.

Routing automated lane-guided transport vehicles in a warehouse handling returns (2020)
Journal Article
Emde, S., Tahirov, N., Gendreau, M., & Glock, C. H. (2021). Routing automated lane-guided transport vehicles in a warehouse handling returns. European Journal of Operational Research, 292(3), 1085-1098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.11.038

Faced with high return rates, many e-commerce retailers are considering novel technical solutions to expedite the processing of returned items in their warehouses. One such solution consists of lane-guided transport (LGT) vehicles. These small, elect... Read More about Routing automated lane-guided transport vehicles in a warehouse handling returns.

Optimization of closed-loop supply chain of multi-items with returned subassemblies (2016)
Journal Article
Tahirov, N., Hasanov, P., & Jaber, M. Y. (2016). Optimization of closed-loop supply chain of multi-items with returned subassemblies. International Journal of Production Economics, 174, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.01.004

The importance of reverse logistics is increasing for several environmental, societal and governmental reasons. The number of studies available in the literature on reverse logistics is a good indicator of its significance. Almost all of the availabl... Read More about Optimization of closed-loop supply chain of multi-items with returned subassemblies.