Continuously increasing price in an inventory cycle: An optimal strategy for e-tailers.
This paper presents results about the optimal order interval in a context of fuzzy information about inventory management. The classical inventory model is based on well known cost and demand rate. In practice, this accurate estimation is very difficult to obtain, even impossible. Consequently, we propose a solution, not optimal in a classical sense, but allowing to choose an action which is not far from the optimal policy whatever the economic parameters may be. These parameters belong to a...
In the wine AOC system, the regulation of quantities performed by the professional organizations is aimed to smooth the variations of the quality of the wine due to the variations in the climate that affect the quality of the grapes. Nevertheless, this regulation could be damaging to the consumers due to the price increase resulting from the reduction of the quantities sold on the market. We propose a stochastic control model and a simulation tool able to measure the effects of this mechanism...
MSC 2010: 26A33, 33E12, 33C60, 44A20The classical economic production model (EPQ) has been extended in many directions to incorporate factors encountered in real-life situations. In this paper, an EPQ model that accounts for the cost of raw material needed for production is examined. It is assumed that the raw material acquired from the supplier contains a percentage of imperfect quality items. At the beginning of the inventory cycle, the raw material is received instantaneously, and a 100% screening...
We study the pricing problem between two firms when the manufacturer’s willingness to pay (wtp) for the supplier’s good is not known by the latter. We demonstrate that it is in the interest of the manufacturer to hide this information from the supplier. The precision of the information available to the supplier modifies the rent distribution. The risk of opportunistic behaviour entails a loss of efficiency in the supply chain. The model is extended to the case of a supplier submitting offers to...