Integrating anticipative replenishment-allocation with reactive fulfillment for online retailing using robust optimization

• Main Authors: LIM, Yun Fong, JIU, Song, ANG, Marcus
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: online retailing; inventory management; allocation; order fulfillment; robust optimization; E-Commerce; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Sales and Merchandising
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6581; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7580/viewcontent/yflim_MSOM2020_FULL_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Problem definition: In each period of a planning horizon, an online retailer decides on how much to replenish each product and how to allocate its inventory to fulfillment centers (FCs) before demand is known. After the demand in the period is realized, the retailer decides on which FCs to fulfill it...