Control of a production-inventory system with returns under imperfect advance return information

We consider a production-inventory system with product returns that are announced in advance by the customers. Demands and announcements of returns occur according to independent Poisson processes. An announced return is either actually returned or cancelled after a random return lead time. We consider both lost sale and backorder situations. Using a Markov decision formulation, the optimal production policy, with respect to the discounted cost over an infinite horizon, is characterized for situations with and without advance return information. We give insights in the potential value of this information. Also some attention is paid to combining advance return and advance demand information. Further applications of the model as well as topics for further research are indicated.     

OPTIMAL LOGISTICS FOR MULTIPLE JEEPS

We consider variations of the classical jeep problems： the optimal logistics for a caravan of jeeps which travel together in the desert. The main purpose is to arrange the travels for the one-way trip and the round trip of a caravan of jeeps so that the chief jeep visits the farthest destination. Based on the dynamic program principle, the maximum distances for the caravan when only part of the jeeps should return and when all drivers should return are obtained. Some related results such as the efficiency of the abandoned jeeps, and the advantages of more jeeps in the caravan are also presented.     

基于实物期权的物流企业能力外购策略

探讨物流企业面临客户需求以及市场物流能力价格的双重不确定环境,物流企业的能力外购策略。通过引入实物期权的思想,构建物流企业能力外购模型,寻找使物流企业期望收益最大的能力预定量。分析表明,最优预定量随着期权价格和期权执行价格的增加而减小。最后,通过算例分析进一步探讨不同期权执行价格对物流企业最优外购策略选择的影响。     

考虑平台竞争的众包物流社会配送服务最优定价策略

基于互联网的众包物流服务平台共享社会闲置人力资源,为电子商务O2O提供最后一公里配送服务。通过配送服务的动态定价来调控众包物流的社会配送供应能力,成为优化众包物流平台运营的重要手段。在众包物流平台激烈的竞争环境下,考虑到众包物流社会化配送供应能力的不确定性,采用动态优化理论,建立平台价格竞争下众包物流社会配送服务最优定价模型。运用汉密尔顿函数求解社会配送服务最优价格,研究众包物流社会配送服务供应能力随着价格变化的规律,进一步,分析众包物流平台竞争对最优价格变化规律的影响。数值仿真结果表明,众包物流社会配送服务价格增长率随着平台竞争的加剧而增加,可以有效调控众包物流服务的供应与需求平衡,优化众包物流平台的期望收益。     

The value of information in a capacitated closed loop supply chain

We explore the value of information in the context of a firm that faces uncertainty with respect to demand, product returns, recovery yield, and capacity utilization. Capacity is finite and shared between new production and recovery operations. The operational decisions of interest are the quantity of new product to produce, the quantity of returns to recover, and the quantity of returns to dispose. Product recovery is uncertain in that each returned unit can be successfully recovered with a known probability, and otherwise it is discarded at a cost. Demand in a period is satisfied with new production, recovered returns, or a mix of both types.     

论物流管理、供应链管理、电子商务三者的关系发展我国物流产业

供应链管理是20世纪90年代应运而生的一种先进的运营管理模式,物流问题是供应链管理中的关键问题,而电子商务则是供应链管理中各经济实体紧密协调的重要手段。分析物流管理、供应链管理与电子商务三者之间相辅相成的关系,从而提出我国物流产业发展的途径和措施,有利于我国物流真正走向现代物流、精益物流。     

物流企业的单品生产成本分析

生产成本是物流企业生产活动的基础.分析了物流企业生产的流程和其生产成本构成,给出了生产成本各组成部分的定量描述.并对物流成本的分摊方式进行了讨论,以给定物流企业为例,对单品成本进行了分析.对物流企业总成本和单品成本与物流量的关系进行了讨论,指出物流单品成本随相关物流量递减变化的关系.这种单品成本函数关系很好解释了物流配送的一个显著特点——规模集聚效应.     

基于时间的供应链物流运作能力计划模型研究

本文考察了在基于时间的多阶供应链环境下的物流运作能力计划,主要的系统成本是物流要素能力固定成本和库存成本.为了决定最优的稳定周期性的物流运作能力计划,提出了一般性的整数非线性规划公式.强调了在这样的系统运作中的开始时间的关键作用,报告了在确保在任何阶段没有缺货条件下的物流能力决策的一些有价值的结论.     

Multi-product economic lot scheduling problem with separate production lines for manufacturing and remanufacturing

We study the economic lot scheduling problem with two production sources, manufacturing and remanufacturing, for which operations are performed on separate, dedicated lines. We develop an exact algorithm for finding the optimal common-cycle-time policy. The algorithm combines a search for the optimal cycle time with a mixed integer programming (MIP) formulation of the problem given a fixed cycle time. Using case study data from an auto part producer, we perform a sensitivity study on the effects of key problem parameters such as demand rates and return fractions. Furthermore, by comparing to results in Tang and Teunter [Tang, O., Teunter, R.H., 2006. Economic lot scheduling problem with returns. Production and Operations Management] for the situation where all operations are performed on the same line, we analyze the cost benefits of using dedicated lines.     

时间窗约束下的车辆路径问题多目标优化算法

讨论了带时间窗约束的车辆路径问题(VRPTW)其数学模型,分析了以遗传算法求解该类问题时的染色体表示和有关遗传操作,将VRPTw视为一个多目标优化问题,用Pareto评等技术来求解最优解,并以Solomen基准问题为例验证了该方法的有效性.结果表明:该方法与以往文献中的最好结果具有竞争性.