This paper studies the single-warehouse assortment selection problem that aims to minimize the order fulfillment cost under the cardinality constraint. We propose two types of fulfillment-related cost functions, which correspond to different preferences toward spillover fulfillment and...

We study a two-stage decision problem, namely, the allocation and deployment of reserved inventories (RIs) in a supply network with random demand surges. The demand surge follows a time-dependent stochastic process and our objective is to minimize the expected total unmet demand in the presence...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, severe economic damage and product shortages caused by demand surges and supply disruptions have prompted interests in strategies and tools for building resilient supply chains. The recent geopolitical conflicts as well as increased frequency of natural...