Many industries operate technologies in which multiple outputs (co-products) are jointly produced. In some settings (“vertical”) the co-products differ along a performance dimension and are substitutable. In other settings (“horizontal”) the co-products differ in their applications and are not substitutable. In both cases, three important attributes of a co-product technology are its processing...

Product recommendations have been shown to influence consumers’ preferences and purchasing behavior. However, empirical evidence has yet to be found illustrating whether and how the recommendations of other products affect a consumers’ economic behavior for the focal product. In many e-commerce websites, a product is presented with co-purchase and co-view recommendations which potentially conta...

Why are retailers less likely to vary sale prices of food products when the price paid to the farmer falls than when it rises? As far as perishable goods are concerned, this behavior is usually related to the retailer’s bargaining power. With a view to analyzing the question in greater depth, this study presents a simplified framework considering an ideal scenario in which the retailer wishes t...

A set of agricultural suppliers with low demands can save on long-haul transportation costs by consolidating their product. We consider a system with stochastic demand and a single consolidation point near the suppliers. We propose a look-ahead heuristic that takes advantage of economies of scale by aiming to ship larger quantities. We experimentally compare the heuristic's performance against ...

Seasonal items like fruits, fish, winter cosmetics, fashion apparel, etc. generally exhibits different demand patterns at various times during the season. Production and inventory planning must reflect this property for cost effectiveness and optimization of resources. This paper presents two production-inventory models for perishable seasonal products that minimize total inventory costs. The m...

The perishable product’s dynamic pricing with quantity discount strategy is studied. The seller uses two-period dynamic price during the whole sale period and introduces quantity discount in second sale period in order to improve the seller’s profit. The mathematic model expressions are obtained by assuming that consumer’s reservation price draws from a uniform distribution and the price discou...

This study is concerned with how the quality of perishable products can be improved by shortening the time interval between production and distribution. As special types of food such as dairy products decay fast, the integration of production and distribution scheduling (IPDS) is investigated. An integrated scheduling of both processes improves the performance and costs because the separated sc...

The determination of retailers to deal with the challenges managing perishable products’ category continues as they persist provide quality service and fresh products their customers. These often afflict consumers alike, which innately impact management good consumer behavior. This article reports on a study that investigates influence consumers’ purchase behavior products. objectives this are ...