We propose a technique for use in supply-chain management that assists the decision-making process for purchases of direct goods. Based on projections for future prices and demand, requests-for-quotes are constructed and quotes are accepted that optimize the level of inventory each day, while minimizing total cost. The problem is modeled as a Markov decision process (MDP), which allows for the computation of the utility of actions to be based on the utilities of consequential future states. Dynamic programming is then used to determine the optimal quote requests and accepts at each state in the MDP. The model is then used to formalize the subproblem of determining optimal request quantities, yielding a technique that is shown experimentally...
The decision-makers in manufacturing industries continuously optimize every supply-chain part to ach...
Markov decision processes are a flexible technique for stochastic and dynamic optimization problems...
Devising manufacturing/distribution strategies for supply chains and determining their parameter val...
In this paper, we use a Markov decision process (MDP) to model the joint inventorypromotion decision...
We present an extension of vendor-managed inventory (VMI) problems by considering advertising and pr...
Abstract--- In most manufacturing industries; demand uncertainty affects effective planning and cont...
Dynamic programming (DP) and specifically Markov Decision Problems (MDP) are often seen in inventory...
The centralized management approach provides a general view to set a better coordination between the...
Abstract — This paper considers a multi-period news-vendor problem with partially observed supply ca...
This paper considers the performance of a production or distribution-scheduling algorithm termed Aut...
In this thesis we consider several issues arising in the management of supply chains, taking into ac...
This paper discusses how a manufacturer and its retailers interact with each other in order to optim...
In this paper, we study a system consisting of a manufacturer or supplier serving several retailers ...
Supply chain management deals with the management of information and material in a network of produc...
Markov decision processes have been applied in solving a wide range of optimization problems over th...
The decision-makers in manufacturing industries continuously optimize every supply-chain part to ach...
Markov decision processes are a flexible technique for stochastic and dynamic optimization problems...
Devising manufacturing/distribution strategies for supply chains and determining their parameter val...
In this paper, we use a Markov decision process (MDP) to model the joint inventorypromotion decision...
We present an extension of vendor-managed inventory (VMI) problems by considering advertising and pr...
Abstract--- In most manufacturing industries; demand uncertainty affects effective planning and cont...
Dynamic programming (DP) and specifically Markov Decision Problems (MDP) are often seen in inventory...
The centralized management approach provides a general view to set a better coordination between the...
Abstract — This paper considers a multi-period news-vendor problem with partially observed supply ca...
This paper considers the performance of a production or distribution-scheduling algorithm termed Aut...
In this thesis we consider several issues arising in the management of supply chains, taking into ac...
This paper discusses how a manufacturer and its retailers interact with each other in order to optim...
In this paper, we study a system consisting of a manufacturer or supplier serving several retailers ...
Supply chain management deals with the management of information and material in a network of produc...
Markov decision processes have been applied in solving a wide range of optimization problems over th...
The decision-makers in manufacturing industries continuously optimize every supply-chain part to ach...
Markov decision processes are a flexible technique for stochastic and dynamic optimization problems...
Devising manufacturing/distribution strategies for supply chains and determining their parameter val...