Auto-delivery is a subscription model widely employed in supply chains, whereby a supplier delivers products to a buyer (or multiple buyers) according to the buyer's choice of a constant shipping quantity to be delivered at prescheduled dates. The buyer enjoys a discount for the auto-delivery...

We analyze a brand's disclosure of its supplier list to improve the suppliers' compliance with social and environmental sustainability standards. We develop a model of a buyer, a supplier, and an NGO; when a violation of the supplier occurs, the buyer and the supplier both incur penalties. Given...

Cloud computing has been recognized as a critical driver of Information-Technology (IT) enabled innovations. In this paper, we review recent cloud computing research from an Operations Management (OM) perspective, by focusing on major operations challenges faced by a cloud provider in three...

In the literature on supply chain management (SCM), the multi-echelon stochastic inventory models with known demand distributions have played a fundamental role for developing firms’ collaborative strategies, including the optimal policy to maximize efficiency of the centralized supply chain...