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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"Perishable"”.
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United States grades for perishable agricultural commodities
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of General Business, Curriculum in Food Distribution, 1956
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Competitive multi-period pricing for perishable products
Pricing of a perishable product over a multi-period time horizon is a challenging problem under an oligopolistic market framework. We propose and study a model for multi-period pricing in an oligopolistic market for a single perishable product. Each participating seller in the market has a fixed …
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Pricing strategies for continuous replenishment perishable goods
… at a manufacturer of continuous replenishment perishable goods. I begin with a discussion of Dynamic Pricing models, and select a mixed integer programming formulation as most applicable to the available systems and data of the target company. Cost formulations are built through a detailed …
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Choosing transportation alternatives for highly perishable goods
… of a transportation alternative to ship perishable goods is dependent on several interconnected factors, the most important usually being speed of delivery. This study focuses on the distribution operation of Tyco Healthcare's (THC's) nuclear medicine group in the continental United …
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Inventory management for perishable goods using simulation methods
… of products sold online includes the category of perishable goods. Perishable goods provide a unique inventory challenge due to the fact that products may expire at unknown times while in stock, making them unavailable for the customer to purchase. This thesis discusses a method for managing …
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Efficient supply chain design for highly-perishable foods
… network designs for supply of these highly perishable foods to XYZ Co stores from a sole regional supplier. The model provides insights to help understand tradeoffs and key cost drivers, thereby channeling subsequent, more intensive and time- consuming analysis.
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Development of monitoring applications for refrigerated perishable goods transportation
Perishable food products are at risk of suffering various damages along the cold chain. The parties involved should control and monitor the conditions of goods in order to ensure their quality for consumers and to comply with all legal requirements. Among environmental parameters during transport, …
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Managing Demand Uncertainty for Perishable Products Through Omnichannel Grocery
… to reduce inventory costs for retailers of non-perishables. For perishable grocery items where spoilage is a major cost driver, the extent to which advance ordering can improve profit, or offset increased fulfillment costs, is not yet clear.</p> <p>To investigate this, a model that solves for …
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Multi-period pricing for perishable products : uncertainty and competition
… back-order costs. In addition, the products are perishable and have no salvage costs. This means that at the end of the entire time horizon, any remaining products will be worthless. The demand function each seller faces for each product is uncertain and is affected by both the prices at the …
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Optimal dynamic pricing for two perishable and substitutable products
This thesis presents a dynamic pricing model where a seller offers two types of a generic product to a random number of customers. Customers show up sequentially. When a customer arrives, he will ---depending on the prices---either purchase one unit of type 1 product or one unit of type 2 product, …
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The effects of data sharing on a perishable goods supply chain
… of retail data sharing in a high-velocity perishable goods supply chain. While this technique has been largely effective in improving supply chain performance in different industries, its benefits are unproven in the perishable goods business. Specifically, due to the short shelf life of …
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Optimizing the distribution network of perishable products to Small Format Stores
FoodCo is a leading foods company that has reputed brands and global operations with revenues in excess of USD 5Bn. Although FoodCo's sales to Small Format Stores (SFS) customers are a small part of the overall sales, it is a fast growing segment where FoodCo sees future. However, distribution to …
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Replenishment prioritization of highly perishable goods : a case study on nuclear medicine
… Nuclear medicine is a special category of perishable goods that is subject to rapid, but predictable radioactive decay. This study examines the viability of differentiating service through segmenting customers in Tyco Healthcare's (THC's) nuclear medicine supply chain. More specifically, …
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Choosing transportation alternatives for highly perishable goods : a case study on nuclear medicine
The transport of highly perishable goods, in particular nuclear medicine, is subject to stringent regulations. Carefully designed transport selection criteria considering available alternatives, product attributes, decay analysis, and shipping constraints may reduce the total costs. This thesis …
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Computing the policy parameters for perishable inventory management and cold supply chains under stochastic demand
… the near-optimal policy parameters for the perishable inventory problem and sustainable cold food supply chains with environmental concerns under stochastic demand, as well as tackling and dealing with the demand uncertainty and fluctuations arising from the nature of demand patterns. The …
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Perishable Food Waste Reduction Through Technological Implementation at the Retail Level of the Food Supply Chain
… labels in stores and employ dynamic pricing of perishable products, leading to reduction of food waste. No prior research had considered the primary goal of reducing food waste while preserving retailer profit through technological implementation. This paper quantifies the effects of …
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