Joint product display in videos may help customers to not only evaluate the attributes of products that can influence their individual demands (direct effect) but also learn about the complementarity between them that may cause additional correlation in their demands (spillover effect). To estimate the demand effects, we introduced videos displaying apparel with matching accessories for few ran...

The development of injection molding tools is an expensive, time-consuming, and resource-intensive process offering little to no flexibility adapt variations in product design. Metal additive manufacturing can be used produce these a cost-effective way. Nevertheless, industrial context, effective methods are missing for the selection most suitable technology given tooling project. This paper pr...

This research compared linear regression and artificial neural network models to identify the most accurate methods of predicting the impact of product cues on consumers’ apparel product evaluations and purchase intentions. The research process and findings are discussed below. Also, we examined the potential effectiveness of the Internet as a strategic tool to (a) build global brand images for...

This research compared linear regression and artificial neural network models to identify the most accurate methods of predicting the impact of product cues on consumers’ apparel product evaluations and purchase intentions. The research process and findings are discussed below. Also, we examined the potential effectiveness of the Internet as a strategic tool to (a) build global brand images for...

In an edge-colored graph, a traversal cost occurs at a vertex along a path when consecutive edges with different colors are traversed. The value of the traversal cost depends only on the colors of the traversed edges. This concept leads to two global cost measures, namely the reload cost and the changeover cost, that have been studied in the literature and have various applications in telecommu...

The UKPDS group has concluded that cost of intensive blood glucose control in type 2 diabetes is largely offset by signifi cantly reduced costs of complications and the increased time free of complications. Intensive therapy would cost an additional £1,435 per patient (£140 per year) giving a total additional annual cost of £14,000-27,000. The cost would be offset by a saving of £10,000-18,000 ...

We provide a flexible shape control technique in this paper for the automatic resizing of apparel products. The automatic resizing function has become an essential part of the 3D garment CAD systems to generate user customized apparel products for individuals with variant body shapes. The human bodies are usually represented by piecewise linear mesh surfaces with consistent connectivity. The sh...

The apparel retail industry is on the one hand facing challenges from increasing competition, consolidations, and thus increasing pressure to reduce costs. On the other hand, customers are getting more demanding, resulting in shorter fashion cycles, and demands for new customer experience. RFID technology is supposed to raise efficiency and to enable innovative customer service offerings. Besid...

In today’s dynamic market, organizations must be adaptive to market fluctuations. In addition, studies show that material-handling cost makes up between 20 and 50 percent of the total operating cost. Therefore, this paper considers the problem of arranging and rearranging, when there are changes in product mix and demand, manufacturing facilities such that the sum of material handling and rearr...