Outputs (3)

Supply Chain Resilience: A Review from the Inventory Management Perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Guo, Y., Liu, F., Song, J.-S., & Wang, S. (online). Supply Chain Resilience: A Review from the Inventory Management Perspective. Fundamental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2024.08.002

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, leading to economic damage and product shortages caused by demand surges and supply disruptions. Concurrently, geopolitical conflicts and the rising frequenc... Read More about Supply Chain Resilience: A Review from the Inventory Management Perspective.

Optimal Policies and Heuristics To Match Supply With Demand For Online Retailing (2024)
Journal Article
Denga, Q., Lic, X., Fong Limd, Y., & Liu, F. (online). Optimal Policies and Heuristics To Match Supply With Demand For Online Retailing. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.0394

Problem definition: We consider an online retailer selling multiple products to different zones over a finite horizon with multiple periods. At the start of the horizon, the retailer orders the products from a single supplier and stores them at multi... Read More about Optimal Policies and Heuristics To Match Supply With Demand For Online Retailing.

Should Only Popular Products Be Stocked? Warehouse Assortment Selection for E-Commerce Companies (2024)
Journal Article
Li, X., Lin, H., & Liu, F. (2024). Should Only Popular Products Be Stocked? Warehouse Assortment Selection for E-Commerce Companies. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 26(4), 1372-1386. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2022.0428

Problem definition: This paper studies the single-warehouse assortment selection problem that aims to minimize the order fulfillment cost under the cardinality constraint. We propose two fulfillment-related cost functions corresponding to spillover f... Read More about Should Only Popular Products Be Stocked? Warehouse Assortment Selection for E-Commerce Companies.