Overview
- Tackles the timely subject of retail management from a rigorous, OR perspective
- All the chapters are written by the leading research scholars in the field
- Each chapter contains model-based quantitative methodologies and empirical studies
- Covers retail supply chain practices, inventory planning, and price optimization
Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 122)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
In today's retail environment, characterized by product proliferation, price competition, expectations of service quality, and advances in technology, many organizations are struggling to maintain profitability. Rigorous analytical methods have emerged as the most promising solution to many of these complex problems. Indeed, the retail industry has emerged as a fascinating choice for researchers in the field of supply chain management.
In Retail Supply Chain Management, leading researchers provide a detailed review of cutting-edge methodologies that address the complex array of these problems. A critical resource for researchers and practitioners in the field of retailing, chapters in this book focus on three key areas: (1) empirical studies of retail supply chain practices, (2) assortment and inventory planning, and (3) integrating price optimization into retail supply chain decisions.
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/10.1007/978-0-387-78902-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4627-0Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-78903-3Published: 29 June 2009
Series ISSN: 0884-8289
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7934
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 340
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations
Topics: Operations Management, Marketing, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Management, Industrial and Production Engineering