Problem Definition: For many supply chains, deep-tier suppliers, due to their small sizes and lack of access to capital, are most vulnerable to disruptions. We study the use of advance payment (AP) as a financing instrument in a multitier supply chain to mitigate the supply disruption risk in...

Problem Definition: We study a dynamic finishing stage planning problem of a pork producer who gets to see how many market-ready hogs she has available for sale at the beginning of each week and the current market prices. Then, she must decide how many hogs to sell to a meatpacker and on the...

The inventory and supply chain literature barely mentions any use of capital efficiency metrics, such as Return-on-Investment (ROI), and their impact on ordering decisions and inventory investments. Capital efficiency metrics offer a balanced view of profit margins and asset turns. Our work will...

This paper considers a monopolist firm selling two collections of a single product sequentially to satisfy consumers' different social externalities. The first "capsule" collection has a unique design and is sold within a limited time frame. The second "mass" collection has the same functional...