Retail benefits of dynamic expiry dates - Simulating opportunity losses due to product loss, discount policy and out of stock

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-21

  Tromp, Seth Oscar ^a   Rijgersberg, Hajo ^a   Pereira Da Silva, Fátima ^a   Bartels, Paul ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Distribution chains; Intelligent packaging; Shelf life

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION EXPERIMENT; DECAY MODEL; DISCOUNT POLICY; DISCRETE EVENTS; DISTRIBUTION CHAINS; FUNCTION OF TIME; INTELLIGENT PACKAGING; LOST SALE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; OUT OF STOCK; RETAIL OUTLETS; SHELF LIFE; SIMULATION MODEL; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SALES;

EID: 84863197787     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.04.029     Document Type: Article

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