We present a framework to analyze the process location and product distribution problem with uncertain yields for a large multinational food processing company. This problem consists in selecting the location of processes, the assignment of products and the distribution of production quantities...

We model and analyze product reusability (executed through either refurbishing or remanufacturing), in the presence of supply disruptions. By assuming that consumers could exchange their used units for new ones and firms can attract consumers to do so through an exchange fee, we develop a...

We consider the problem of minimizing daily expected resource usage and overtime costs across multiple parallel resources such as anesthesiologists and operating rooms, which are used to conduct a variety of surgical procedures at large multi-specialty hospitals. To address this problem, we...

We consider a competitive version of the traditional aggregate production planning model with capacity constraints. In the general case, multiple products are produced by a group of competing producers with limited capacities. Production quantities, prices and consequently profits depend on...

We consider the joint pricing and inventory control problem for a single product with a finite horizon and periodic review. The demand distribution in each period is determined by an exogenous Markov chain. Pricing and ordering decisions are made at the beginning of each period and all shortages...

We consider the anesthesiologist staff planning problem for operating services departments in large multi-specialty hospitals. In this problem, the planner makes monthly and daily decisions to minimize total costs. The monthly decisions include deciding how many anesthesiologists should be on...