Inventory management requires thousands or millions of individual transactions each year. Classification the items influences results inventory management. Traditionally, this is usually classified with considering an annual dollar usage criterion but maybe other criteria such as lead time, criticality, perishability, cost, and demand type can be affected on that classification. have more than ...

This paper proposes a discrete capacitated covering location-allocation model for pharmaceutical centers. In the presented model, two objectives are considered; the first one is minimization of costs and the second one try to maximize customer satisfaction by definition of social justice. Social justice in the model means that we consider customers satisfaction by using distance. the introduced...

This paper is an in-depth treatment of an inventory control problem with perishable items. We focus on two prototypes of perishability for items that have a common shelflife and that arrive in batches with zero lead time: (i) sudden deaths due to disasters (e.g., spoilage because of extreme weather conditions or a malfunction of the storage place) and (ii) outdating due to expirations (e.g., me...

This paper reports on experimental tests of the Lucas asset pricing model with heterogeneous agents and time-varying (individual) endowment streams. In order to emulate key features of the model (infinite horizon, stationarity, perishability of consumption), a novel experimental design was required. The experimental evidence provides broad support for the cross-sectional, inter-temporal pricing...

Perishability of blood products as well as uncertainty in demand amounts complicate the management of blood supply for blood centers. This paper addresses a mixed-integer linear programming model for blood platelets production planning while integrating the processes of blood collection as well as production/testing, inventory control and distribution. Whole blood-derived production methods for...

Service sectori growth (e.g., Shugan 1994) and its study suggest that service providers frequently face special problems (e.g., Johnson 1964; Radas and Shugan 1998a, b; Rust, Zahorik, and Keiningham 1995). One such problem is perishability (Parasuraman and Varadarajan 1988). When planes, trains, or ships depart, for example, unused seats are lost forever. Similar problems occur for vacant hotel...

Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to systematically review the papers published in period 2005-2020 about integration production, inventory and distribution activities perishable supply chains.Design/methodology/approach: proposed research methodology based on several steps. First, database keywords are selected, with aim search collect papers, dealing inventory, chains. Then, a bibl...