IIE Transactions articles from November 2003

IIE Transactions archives from November 2003

The buyer-vendor coordination problem: modeling inbound and outbound cargo capacity and costs.
November 1, 2003... 1. Introduction and literature Current research in inventory management places an increased emphasis on the integration/coordination of different functional specialties within a firm as well as throughout a supply chain. As a result, the...

A sequential bounding approach for optimal appointment scheduling.
November 1, 2003... 1. Introduction Appointment systems are used in many customer service industries to increase the utilization of resources, match workload to available capacity, and smooth the flow of customers. A common problem faced by decision-makers is...

The minimax and maximin location problems on a network with uniform distributed weights.
November 1, 2003... 1. Introduction In this paper we discuss two probabilistic location problems. The minimax location problem which is usually applied for the location of emergency facilities and the maximin location problem which is applied mainly for the...

On the relation between the benefits of risk pooling and the variability of demand.
November 1, 2003... 1. Introduction Risk pooling, or statistical economies of scale, is a pervasive phenomenon which underlies major economic activities such as banking and insurance. In operations management, it is often achieved by consolidating a product...

Managing fashion goods inventories: dynamic recourse for retailers with outlet stores.
November 1, 2003... 1. Introduction The proliferation of both online and bricks and mortar outlet stores underscores the observation that secondary markets are readily accessible to retailers of short-life-cycle products. These secondary markets provide...

Optimal shift scheduling with a global service level constraint.
November 1, 2003... We study a shift scheduling problem for call centers with an overall service level objective. We prove a property of this problem, called multimodularity, that ensures that a local search algorithm terminates with a globally optimal solution....

The benefits of flexible production rates in the economic lot scheduling problem.
November 1, 2003... 1. Introduction The most popular model for determining the production lot size which minimizes the total costs of setup and holding is the Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) model. When several items are produced using a single facility,...

Production and distribution lot sizing in a two stage supply chain.
November 1, 2003... 1. Introduction In many manufacturing supply chains, products are manufactured in a series of production facilities, each of which adds additional value to the product. This is often the case if a manufacturer uses an existing series of...

Position announcement: editor--The Engineering Economist.
November 1, 2003... The Engineering Economist is a cross-disciplinary journal devoted to issues in engineering economy and cosponsored by the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. The Editorial Board of The...