Mitigating demand uncertainty across a winery's sales channels through postponement

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3587-3609

  Cholette, S ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear programming; Postponement; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; EXPECTED PROFITS; FINISHED GOODS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; LINEAR PROGRAMS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOST SALE; PACKAGING LEVELS; POSTPONEMENT; POSTPONEMENT STRATEGIES; PRODUCT CONFIGURATION; SALES CHANNELS; TWO STAGE; WINE INDUSTRY;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SALES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WINE;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 70449632596     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802320156     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Anand, K.S. and Girotra, K., 2007. The strategic perils of delayed differentiation. Management Science, 53 (5), 697-712.
2. Berger, D., Sam's Club: A new direction in wine, April 2nd, 2004 [online]. http://www.adamsbevgroup. com/bd/2004/0402/0402wnbs.asp [Accessed 5 January 2006].
3. Birge, J.R. and Louveaux, F., 1997. Introduction to stochastic programming. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
4. Chaney, I.M., 2004. Own-label in the UK grocery market. International Journal of Wine Marketing, 16 (3), 5-14.
5. Cholette, S., 2004. A tale of two wine regions: Similarities, differences and trends in the French and Californian wine industries. International Journal of Wine Marketing, 14 (2), 24-48.
6. Chopra, S. and Meindl, P., 2004. Supply chain management: Strategy, planning and operation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
7. Dantzig, G.B., 1955. Linear programming under uncertainty. Management Science, 1 (3-4), 197-206.
8. Garg, A. and Tang, C.S., 1997. On postponement strategies for product families with multiple points of differentiation. IIE Transactions, 29 (8), 641-650.
9. Gramam, G.A. and Magazine, M.J., 2006. Implementation issues influencing the decision to adopt postponement. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 26 (10), 1068-1083.
10. Folwell, R.J. and Castaldi, M.A., 1987. Economics of size in wineries and impacts of pricing and product mix decisions. Agribusiness, 3 (3), 281-294.
11. Frascatore, M.R. and Mahmoodi, F., 2008. Long-term and penalty contracts in a two-stage supply chain with stochastic demand. European Journal of Operations Research, 184 (1), 147-156.
12. Lee, H.L., Billington, C., and Carter, B., 1993. Hewlett-Packard gains control of inventory and services through design for localization. Interfaces, 23 (4), 1-11.
13. Lee, H.L. and Tang, C.S., 1997. Modelling the costs and benefits of delayed product differentiation. Management Science, 43 (1), 40-53.
14. Leung, S.C. and Ng, W.L., 2007. A stochastic programming model for production planning of perishable products with postponement. Production Planning and Control, 18 (3), 190-202.
15. Pagh, D.D. and Copper, M.C., 1998. Supply chain postponement and speculation strategies: How to choose the right strategy. Journal of Business Logistics, 19 (2), 13-33.
16. Popp, J., 2003. Private label makes its mark. Beverage Industry, 94 (6), 19-20.
17. Orr, S., 1999. The role of capacity management in manufacturing strategy: Experiences from the Australian wine industry. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 11 (1), 45-53. (Pubitemid 29270877)
18. Skipworth, H. and Harrison, A., 2004. Implications of form postponement to manufacturing: A case study. International Journal of Production Research, 42 (10), 2063-2081.
19. Su, J.C., Chang, Y.L., and Ferguson, M., 2005. Evaluation of postponement structures to accommodate mass customization. Journal of Operations Management, 23 (3-4), 305-318.
20. Swaminathan, J. and Tayur, S., 1998. Managing product lines through delayed differentiation using vanilla boxes. Management Science, 44 (12), 161-172.
21. Swaminathan, J. and Tayur, S., 1999. Stochastic programming models for managing product variety, In: S. Tayur, ed. Quantitative Models for Supply Chain Management [International Series in Operations & Management Science]. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 585-624.
22. Twede, D., Clarke, R.H., and Tait, J.A., 2000. Packaging postponement: A global packaging strategy. Packaging Technology and Science, 13 (1), 105-115.
23. Van Hoek, R.I., 1997. Postponed manufacturing: A case study in the food supply chain. Supply Chain Management, 2 (2), 63-75.
24. Van Hoek, R.I., 1998. Logistics and virtual integration: postponement, outsourcing and the flow of information. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 28 (7), 508-523.
25. Van Hoek, R.I., 1999. Postponement and the reconfiguration challenge for food supply chains. Supply Chain Management, 4 (1), 18-34.
26. Van Hoek, R.I., 2001. The rediscovery of postponement; a literature review and directions for research. Journal of Operations Management, 19 (2), 161-184.
27. Van Hoek, R.I., Commandeur, H.R., and Vos, B., 1998. Reconfiguring logistics systems through postponement strategies. Journal of Business Logistics, 19 (1), 33-54.
28. Ward, M.B., et al., 2002. Effects of the private-label invasion in food industries. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84 (4), 961-973.
29. Yang, B., Burns, N.D., and Backhouse, C.J., 2004. Management of uncertainty through postponement. International Journal of Production Research, 42 (6), 1049-1064.
30. Yang, B., Burns, N.D., and Backhouse, C.J., 2005. An empirical investigation into the barriers to postponement. International Journal of Production Research, 43 (5), 991-1005.
31. Yu, C.S. and Li, H.L., 2000. A robust optimization model for stochastic logistic problems. International Journal of Production Economics, 64 (1), 385-397.
32. Zinn, W. and Bowersox, D.J., 1988. Planning physical distribution with the principle of postponement. Journal of Business Logistics, 9 (2), 117-136.