Exponential Smoothing Forecasting (ESF) models are used worldwide for forecasting demand having level, trend, seasonal, or trend-seasonal patterns. Notwithstanding their ubiquitous application, we demonstrate that the ESF models that use arbitrary values of model parameters are more likely to...

Recently, the environment requires more emphasis on reverse logistics in order to maintain sustainability of the human civilization. The article introduces a sustainable model for reverse logistics that is based on two storage facility. Generally speaking, the essential commodities are...

This work takes an introspective look at the trends, patterns, and directions taken by the researchers in the field of management of healthcare technology (MHT) during the period 1979-97. A total of 333 publications are classified in six distinct categories. The major findings of this study...

Mass Customization (MC) as a business strategy seeks to deliver highly customized product to customers at affordable prices that are consistent with mass production efficiencies. Despite a significant volume of research in mass customization, a severe paucity of work in quantitative areas...

Management of critical resources having uncertain consumption rates is perhaps the most common challenge encountered by businesses in discharging their numerous functions, e.g., inventory distribution, marketing, finance, production, personnel, etc. It involves making two key decisions...