We speak of Self-Imposed Time Windows (SITW) when a logistics service provider quotes a delivery time window to his customer. Once this time window is communicated, the company strives to respect it as well as possible. We incorporate these SITW within the framework of the Vehicle Routing...

In this paper we analyse the effect of a cutoff transaction size in a simple newsboy setting. It is assumed that customers with an order larger than a prespecified size are satisfied in an alternative way, against additional cost. For compound Poisson demand with discrete order sizes, we show...

In this paper we discuss demand management problems in a multi-stage distribution chain. We focus on distribution chains where demand processes have high variability due to a few large customer orders. We give a possible explanation and suggest two simple procedures that help to smooth demand....