Overview
- Revised 2nd Edition includes new chapters covering new and current developments since the original published, all written by leading research scholars in the field
- Covers retail supply chain practices, inventory planning, and price optimization
- Each chapter contains model-based quantitative methodologies and empirical studies
Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 223)
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This new edition focuses on three crucial areas of retail supply chain management: (1) empirical studies of retail supply chain practices, (2) assortment and inventory planning and (3) integrating price optimization into retail supply chain decisions. The book has been fully updated, expanding on the distinguishing features of the original, while offering three new chapters on recent topics which reflect areas of great interest and relevance to the academic and professional communities alike - inventory management in the presence of data inaccuracies, retail workforce management, and fast fashion retail strategies. The innovations, lessons for practice, and new technological solutions for managing retail supply chains are important not just in retailing, but offer crucial insights and strategies for the ultimate effective management of supply chains in other industries as well.
The retail industry has emerged as a fascinating choice for researchers in the field of supply chain management. It presents a vast array of stimulating challenges that have long provided the context of much of the research in the area of operations research and inventory management. However, in recent years, advances in computing capabilities and information technologies, hyper-competition in the retail industry, emergence of multiple retail formats and distribution channels, an ever increasing trend towards a globally dispersed retail network, and a better understanding of the importance of collaboration in the extended supply chain have led to a surge in academic research on topics in retail supply chain management. Many supply chain innovations (e.g., vendor managed inventory) were first conceived and successfully validated in this industry, and have since been adopted in others. Conversely, many retailers have been quick to adopt cutting edge practices that first originated in other industries. Retail Supply Chain Management: Quantitative Models and EmpiricalStudies, 2nd Ed. is an attempt to summarize the state of the art in this research, as well as offer a perspective on what new applications may lie ahead.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Retail Supply Chain Management
Book Subtitle: Quantitative Models and Empirical Studies
Editors: Narendra Agrawal, Stephen A. Smith
Series Title: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7562-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7561-4Published: 18 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7742-7Published: 05 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-7562-1Published: 20 April 2015
Series ISSN: 0884-8289
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7934
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 445
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Operations Research, Management Science, Operations Management