Advertising revenues are the primary source of income for cable television networks and the survival of a network strongly depends on the efficient management of its commercial inventory. Networks enter into advertising contracts that promise delivery of a certain number of impressions with...

We consider the simultaneous design and operation of remnant inventory supply chains. Remnant inventory is generated when demand for various lengths of a product may be satisfied by existing inventory, or by cutting a large piece into smaller pieces. We formulate our problem as a two-stage...