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Automatic inventory of wiring harness components using UHF RFID technology

Iorga, Ioana; Popa, Cicerone Laurentiu; Popescu, … - 2026

Background: Integrating Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology into storage areas within the wiring harness manufacturing industry enables real-time component traceability and supports the implementation of fully automated inventory processes. While RFID systems provide continuous data...

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Analyzing key factors for warehouse UAV integration through complex network modeling

Malang, Chommaphat; Ratapol Wudhikarn - 2026

Background: The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into warehouse management is shaped by a broad spectrum of influencing factors, yet practical adoption lagged behind its potential due to scarce quantitative models of factor interdependencies. Methods: This study systematically...

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Warehouse management optimization using a sorting-based slotting approach

Duque-Jaramillo, Juan C.; Cogollo-Flórez, Juan M.; … - 2024

Purpose: Slotting is one of the main operations in warehouse management. It is based on the efficient allocation of slots for stock-keeping units (SKUs). Order picking and slotting represent a high percentage of total logistics costs; therefore, improving these activities leads to significant...

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Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and other Industry 4.0 technologies in spare parts warehousing in the oil and gas industry : a systematic literature review

Khan, Natalia; Solvang, Wei Deng; Yu, Hao - 2024

Background: Spare parts warehousing in the oil and gas industry is essential for offshore production. With the introduction of Industry 4.0 and its subsequent technological tools, new functions are enabled in industrial logistics activities. Efficiency, visibility, optimization, and productivity...

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On the value of warehouse sharing in an inventory system for medical consumables

Yu, Yugang; Guo, Dandan; Zheng, Shengming - 2026

This paper investigates the value of warehouse sharing when a third-party service provider (3PS) manages medical consumables inventory instead of hospitals. With the advancement of information technology, the 3PS commonly establish central warehouses to facilitate horizontal collaboration,...

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The price of delay : supply chain disruptions and pricing dynamics

Baslandze, Salome; Fuchs, Simon - 2026 - Original version: August 2025, this version: March 2026

We study how supply chain disruptions shape consumer prices. We develop a simple model showing how disruptions that cause delivery delays affect pricing through product availability, beyond standard cost pass-through, and extend it to a setting with strategic interactions across firms....

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The price of delay : supply chain disruptions and pricing dynamics

Baslandze, Salomé; Fuchs, Simon - 2025

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The price of delay : supply chain disruptions and pricing dynamics

Baslandze, Salome; Fuchs, Simon - 2025

Book / Working Paper

The price of delay : supply chain disruptions and pricing dynamics

Baslandze, Salomé; Fuchs, Simon - 2025

Book / Working Paper

Determining the optimal order quantity for perishable products affected by stochastic transportation delays

Banthita Kanchanasathita; Atchara Wangpa; Apisit Pitakcheun - 2026

Background: Transportation delays pose significant challenges for perishable products by reducing freshness, shortening selling duration, and causing lost sales during the delay. Methods: Motivated by the growing importance of transportation delays on perishable products, this study develops a...

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A machine learning and multi-criteria decision-making approach to cycle counting

Vaccari, Laura; Balugani, Elia; Lolli, Francesco; … - 2026

Background: Inventory record inaccuracy (IRI) causes discrepancies between physical and digital inventories, leading to production delays and customer dissatisfaction. Cycle counting, in this context, is a common corrective action. Pareto-based ABC analysis is widely used to decide which items...

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Targeting toward optimal inventory in automotive industry : an analysis based on Six Sigma methodology

Puiu, Ionela-Roxana; Petre, Ioana Mădălina; … - 2026

Background: This paper presents an analysis and a structured framework for improving inventory accuracy in an automotive factory, considering the current context of global disruptions. In 2023, the company recorded 20,340 inventory adjustments (1695 per month) and a 0.24% monthly net value...

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The two-echelon multicommodity location-routing problem with stochastic and correlated demands

Escobar-Vargas, David; Crainic, Teodor Gabriel; Rei, Walter - 2026

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The two-echelon multicommodity location-routing problem with stochastic and correlated demands

Escobar-Vargas, David; Crainic, Teodor Gabriel; Rei, Walter - 2023

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Positioning of omnichannel inventories to protect revenue

Hassanzadeh, Alborz; Martínez-de-Albéniz, Victor - 2026

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Perishable inventory management under inventory level- and freshness-dependent demand and backroom effect

Senyuva, Ilgin Efe; Drent, Melvin; Atan, Zumbul - 2026

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Performance measures of industrial symbiosis with inventory

Albino, Vito; Fraccascia, Luca; Yazan, Devrim Murat - 2026

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The theory of storage in a power system with stochastic demand

Biggar, Darryl; Hesamzadeh, Mohammad Reza - 2026

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Autonomous vehicles in warehouse inventory management : Insights from Malaysia's national telecommunication and digital infrastructure provider

Sairul Izwan Safie - 2026

Purpose: This study examines the role of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in warehouse inventory management, with a specific focus on Malaysia's national telecommunication and digital infrastructure provider. It identifies key challenges, operational efficiencies, and strategic implementation...

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Checking the count : how official statistics are missing the warehouse revolution

2026

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Dynamic pricing and inventory control for fresh agricultural products under dual channel

Wang, Xiongzhi; Tang, Fangling - 2026

This study investigates a joint pricing and inventory control problem for fresh agricultural products within dual channels. Considering factors such as service level, holding/lost costs, and consumer demand, this study presents a single-period model, followed by two stochastic dynamic...

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A hybrid learning framework for forecasting uncertainty and adaptive inventory planning in retail supply chains

Mohammed, Zizi; Anas, Chafi; El Hammoumi, Mohammed - 2026

Demand forecasting and quantification of uncertainty is an essential asset of the retail supply chain optimization and risk-based inventory decisions. This study will introduce a new hybrid conditional variance model (combining gradient boosting machines (XGBoost, LightGBM), recurrent neural...

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An analytics-driven hybrid method for multi-item demand forecasting in supply chains

Lingkon, Md. Limonur Rahman; Hossain, Md. Sanowar; … - 2026

This study proposes a new deep learning (DL)-based approach for multi-item demand forecasting in multi-wave distribution networks. In modern merchandising supply systems, traditional forecasting techniques such as moving averages and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models are...

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An analytical review of vendor-managed inventory models in sustainable supply chains

Salas-Navarro, Katherinne; Rojano-Flores, Melissa; … - 2026

A vendor-managed inventory system is a collaborative strategy in network logistics. It helps establish a sourcing and inventory control policy that optimizes logistics costs and enhances the efficient use of resources. This research presents a meta-analysis and systematic literature review of...

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Optimizing inventory in convenience stores to maximize ROI using random forest and genetic algorithms

Zavaleta-Zarate, Kelly; Escobal-Vera, Jesus; … - 2026

Background: Convenience stores face volatile demand and a direct trade-off between stock-outs and overstocking, both of which affect service levels and profitability. This study aims to optimize inventory management through a reproducible forecasting-and-optimization workflow, assessing its...

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Integrating IoT and blockchain for real-time inventory visibility and traceability : a bibliometric-systematic review

Takawira, Blessing; Duri, Babra - 2026

Background: The accelerated convergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain is reconfiguring logistics, yet knowledge regarding their operationalisation for real-time inventory management remains fragmented. Methods: A Bibliometric-Systematic Literature Review (B-SLR) was conducted on...

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The stock allocation problem in a production system with FIFO picking operations

Bertazzi, Luca; Pedersoli, Felice - 2026

Background: We study one of the most important problems in production and warehouse management: the problem of determining how to allocate the initial stock and the quantity produced to bins, and then how to manage picking operations from these bins. The objective is to minimize the total cost...

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Battery and hydrogen storage: complements or substitutes? : A German case study

Blanchard, Ange; Megy, Camille - 2026

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Competition and collusion with strategic inventories

Ashfaq, Marium; Toxvaerd, Flavio; Wei, Yi - 2026

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Competition and collusion with strategic inventories

Ashfaq, Marium; Toxvaerd, Flavio; Wei, Yi - 2026

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A data-driven problem for integrating carbon-sensitive pricing into inventory optimization

Zemzami, Maria; Duong, Van Tien; Nguyen Nhan Quy; … - 2026

In the face of increasingly stringent carbon regulations and volatile energy markets, integrating environmental constraints into inventory optimization problems raises crucial questions: Is it always economically justified? And what level of problem complexity is appropriate? This paper proposes...

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Triple A : how analytics, AI, and algorithms are improving inventory management in healthcare

Johnson, Laquanda Leaven; Ebakivie, Oghenetejiri - 2026

Background: Healthcare inventory management is critical for ensuring timely access to supplies and reducing stockouts. As supply chains grow more complex, algorithms, AI, and analytics techniques have emerged as tools for forecasting, tracking, classification, and procurement. Yet empirical...

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Non-label-based goods identification in large-scale warehousing and automated logistics operations using vision-based OCR

Hori Najafabadi, Mohammad; Mahmoudi, Paria; Noche, Bernd - 2026

Background: Automated identification of logistics units is a critical requirement in high-volume warehouse operations, particularly in retails that handle millions of cartons annually. Although barcode-based systems are widely used, they generate recurring costs for labeling, printing, quality...

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Impact of circular economy and key operational parameters on steel supply chain performance under a dedicated warehousing policy : a multi-objective case study

Abdelaziz, Mai S.; Abdelmaguid, Tamer F. - 2026

Background: Egypt is one of the top steel producers in the Middle East and Africa, yet it faces acute water scarcity and rising energy costs, making it a critical context for studying trade-offs among carbon emissions, water ecological effects, and operational cost in steel supply chain....

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Optimal reordering strategy for three-echelon spare-parts inventory systems under disruption-dependent lead-time uncertainty : application to wind energy systems

Mazumder, Anik; Sarker, Bhaba R. - 2026

Background: The rapid expansion of wind energy systems has increased the need for reliable and cost-effective maintenance logistics, where the availability of critical spare parts is essential for sustaining turbine performance and reducing downtime. From this background, this study develops a...

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Simulation studies on the impact of using demand forecasts based on deep neural networks for inventory replenishment efficiency

Krzyżaniak, Stanisław; Cyplik, Piotr; Bartkowiak, Marcin - 2026

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A hybrid approach combining K-Means clustering and heuristics for the container loading problem : a real-case application

Tekil-Ergün, Sezgi; Çebi, Ferhan; Ceylan, Mustafa - 2026

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Evaluation of solar-powered cold storage and evaporative cooling system as off-grid methods for postharvest vegetable storage : evidence from a laboratory experiment in Nigeria

Salaudeen, Kamaldeen Oladimeji; Yamauchi, Futoshi; … - 2026

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Islam, Md Saiful; Uddin, Md Kutub - 2023

Purpose: Correlation-based storage assignment approach has been intensively explored during the last three decades to improve the order picking efficiency. The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive assessment of the literature about the state-of-the-art techniques used to solve...

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Applications of industry 4.0 technologies in warehouse management : a systematic literature review

Tikwayo, Lihle N.; Mathaba, Tebello N. D. - 2023

Background: Recent literature indicates that warehouse management costs account for a significant portion of overall logistics costs in companies. Warehousing requires the classification, controlling and management of inventory as well as processing of related information. Therefore, adopting...

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Applying fixed order commitment contracts in a capacitated supply chain

Imdahl, Christina; Hoberg, Kai; Schmidt, William - 2025

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50 years of warehousing research : an operations research perspective

Boysen, Nils; Koster, René de - 2025

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The impact of product packaging characteristics on order picking performance in grocery retailing

Loske, Dominic; Mangiaracina, Riccardo; Regattieri, Alberto - 2025

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Investigating demand forecasting practices and challenges in Ghana's manufacturing pharmaceutical (MPharma) small and medium enterprises (SMEs) : insights and recommendations

Aidoo-Anderson, Albert; Polychronakis, Yiannis; … - 2025

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Lean inventory strategy and fashion retailers' profitability : exploring the moderating effects of information technology intensity

Kamada, Naoya - 2025

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Application of analytics in food retailing to improve online order picking time estimations

Vazquez-Noguerol, Mar; Prado-Prado, J. Carlos - 2025

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Enhancing multi-criteria inventory classification : resolving boundary issues with VIKOR-Fuzzy Sorting

Khan, Jehangir; Ishizaka, Alessio; Babai, M. Zied - 2025

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We belong together : a system-level investigation regarding AGV-assisted order picking performance

Koreis, Jonas; Loske, Dominic; Klumpp, Matthias; Glock, … - 2025

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Why do firms extend trade credit? : the role of inventories

Fernandes, Filipa Da Silva; Guariglia, Alessandra; … - 2025

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A novel mixed-integer linear programming formulation for continuous-time inventory routing

Wang, Akang; Li, Xiandong; Arbogast, Jeffrey E.; … - 2025

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Energy-aware production planning with renewable energy generation considering combined battery : and hydrogen-based energy storage systems

Adams, Gabriel Benedikt Thomas - 2025

This study investigates the capacity of a developed production planning model to coordinate energy management within a hybrid energy system. The specific focus is on energy-intensive manufacturing firms utilizing renewable energy generation and energy storage. Unlike prior research in the field...

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Markov decision processes for inland empty container inventory management

Sommer, Benedikt; Lee, Sangmin; Holst, Klaus Kähler; … - 2025

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Picker routing and batching in multi-block parallel-aisle warehouses : an application from the logistics service provider

Görener, Ali - 2025

Background: In today's business world, where competition lies between supply chains, customer expectations are changing dynamically. Effective order picking in warehouses has become a top concern given expectations for rapid delivery, a larger product range, and continuous support. Methods: In...

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A multi-type ship allocation and routing model for multi-product oil distribution in Indonesia with inventory and cost minimization considerations : a mixed-integer linear programming approach

Marudut Sirait; Peerayuth Charnsethikul; Naraphorn … - 2025

Background: Indonesia is an archipelagic country with 17,508 islands spread over the Pacific and Indian Oceans, with thousands of inter-island routes requiring a large and engaged fleet. The vast expanse of the country also leads to challenges related to optimal fleet coverage, routing, and oil...

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Enhancing intermittent spare part demand forecasting : a novel ensemble approach with focal loss and smote

Kenaka, Saskia Puspa; Cakravastia, Andi; Ma'ruf, Anas; … - 2025

Background: Accurate inventory management of intermittent spare parts requires precise demand forecasting. The sporadic and irregular nature of demand, characterized by long intervals between occurrences, results in a significant data imbalance, where demand events are vastly outnumbered by...

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