The biggest drawback of online shopping lies in consumers' uncertainty about the product. Before making a purchase decision, consumers receive product information from many sources which helps them infer whether a product meets their preferences. This information constitute a positive or a...

"Buy-one-get-one" (BOGO) promotions have become very popular among many retailers. With BOGO, the first unit of the product is sold for the regular price and if a consumer buys a second unit, then it is discounted by some percentage or it may be free. We analyze BOGO promotions in a...

Many models in operations management assume that faced with excess inventory, retailers offer price discounts to increase sales. This discount is assumed to be a certain dollar amount per unit or a certain percent of the regular price. However, many retailers use nonlinear pricing, e.g. "Buy...

``Buy-One-Get-One" (BOGO) promotions have become popular. With BOGO, the first unit is sold for the regular price, and the second unit is discounted. We analyze BOGO in manufacturer-retailer supply chains. We identify conditions under which BOGO outperforms price reduction (PR) and everyday low...

Strategic inventory plays a vital role in a manufacturer-retailer dynamic contract. By holding inventories in a period, the retailer curtails the manufacturer’s pricing power in the next period and alleviates double marginalization, significantly increasing the manufacturer’s and...

Warehouse layout optimization is critical to inventory and logistics management in organizations. In many instances, limited warehouse space is a constraint and a barrier to expanding operations and increasing demand. We present a multi-step solution using mixed integer programming to improve...

We examine optimal control decisions regarding pricing, network size and hiring strategy in the context of open source software development. Opening the source code to a software product often implies that consumers would not pay for the software product itself. However, revenues may be...

Drug shortages have been an ongoing problem in many developed countries well before the COVID-19 global pandemic. The literature suggests many reasons for these shortages. We analyze the drug supply chain (DSC) under a deterministic demand scenario, and then under a random demand scenario using...

Supply chain coordination has become critical to firms as increased pressure is placed on them to improve performance. We evaluate the performance of Push, Pull, and Advance-purchase-discount (APD) contracts in a manufacturer-retailer supply chain where one or both firms have a satisficing...