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2010
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13 years 2 months ago
Does a Manufacturer Benefit from Selling to a Better-Forecasting Retailer?
This paper considers a manufacturer selling to a newsvendor retailer that possesses superior demand-forecast information. We show that the manufacturer's expected profit is c...
Terry A. Taylor, Wenqiang Xiao
MANSCI
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Product-Line Competition: Customization vs. Proliferation
Abstract Consumers are increasingly demanding products that closely match their individual preferences, and advances in manufacturing and information technologies have made it poss...
Haim Mendelson, Ali K. Parlaktürk
MANSCI
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Optimizing Call Center Staffing Using Simulation and Analytic Center Cutting-Plane Methods
We consider the problem of minimizing staffing costs in an inbound call center, while maintaining an acceptable level of service in multiple time periods. The problem is complicat...
Júlíus Atlason, Marina A. Epelman, S...
MANSCI
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Service-Level Agreements in Call Centers: Perils and Prescriptions
A call center with both contract and non-contract customers was giving priority to the contract customers only in off-peak hours, precisely when having priority was least importan...
Joseph M. Milner, Tava Lennon Olsen
MANSCI
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Predicting Product Purchase from Inferred Customer Similarity: An Autologistic Model Approach
Product recommendation models are key tools in customer relationship management (CRM). This study develops a product recommendation model based upon the principle that customer pr...
Sangkil Moon, Gary J. Russell