详细书目
| 材料类型: | 硕士论文/博士论文, 手稿 |
|---|---|
| 文件类型: | 书, 档案资料 |
| 所有的著者/提供者: |
Ping Josephine Xu; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Operations Research Center. |
| OCLC号码: | 64565329 |
| 描述: | 146 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| 责任: | by Ping Josephine Xu. |
摘要:
(cont.) We examine the benefits from periodically re-evaluating these real-time assignments. We construct near- optimal heuristics for the re-assignment for a large set of customer orders by minimizing the total number of shipments. Finally, we present saving opportunities by testing the heuristics on order data from a major e-tailer. Third, we focus on the inventory allocation among warehouses for low-demand SKUs. A large e-tailer strategically stocks inventory for SKUs with low demand. The motivations are to provide a wide range of selections and faster customer fulfillment service. We assume the e-tailer has the technological capability to manage and control the inventory globally: all warehouses act as one to serve the global demand simultaneously. The e-tailer will utilize its entire inventory, regardless of location, to serve demand. Given we stock certain units of system inventory, we allocate inventory to warehouses by minimizing outbound transportation costs. We analyze a few simple cases and present a methodology for more general problems.
