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On Order Policies for a Perishable Product in Retail
Volume 34, Issue 2 (2023), pp. 271–283
Eligius M.T. Hendrix ORCID icon link to view author Eligius M.T. Hendrix details   Karin G.J. Pauls-Worm ORCID icon link to view author Karin G.J. Pauls-Worm details   Maartje V. de Jong ORCID icon link to view author Maartje V. de Jong details  

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https://doi.org/10.15388/23-INFOR520
Pub. online: 1 June 2023      Type: Research Article      Open accessOpen Access

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1 May 2023
Published
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Abstract

We study an inventory control problem of a perishable product with a fixed short shelf life in Dutch retail practice. The demand is non-stationary during the week but stationary over the weeks, with mixed LIFO and FIFO withdrawal. The supermarket uses a service level requirement. A difficulty is that the age-distribution of products in stock is not always known. Hence, the challenge is to derive practical and efficient order policies that deal with situations where this information is either available or lacking. We present the optimal policy in case the age distribution is known, and compare it with benchmarks from literature. Three heuristics have been developed that do not require product age information, to align with the situation in practice. Subsequently, the performance of the heuristics is evaluated using demand patterns from practice. It appears that the so-called STIP heuristic (S for Total estimated Inventory of Perishables) provides the lowest cost and waste levels.

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Biographies

Hendrix Eligius M.T.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1572-1436
eligius@uma.es

E.M.T. Hendrix is a full professor at the Universidad de Málaga. His research interests are global and dynamic optimization and computational impacts. He obtained his PhD from Wageningen University and his MSc and Bsc from Tilburg University.

Pauls-Worm Karin G.J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8437-2455
karin.pauls@wur.nl

K.G.J. Pauls-Worm is an assistant professor at Wageningen University. Her main topics are logistics, mathematical modelling and inventory control. She obtained her PhD from Wageningen University and her MSc from the University of Amsterdam.

de Jong Maartje V.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3567-5713
maartje.dejong@wur.nl

M.V. de Jong is a junior researcher at the Social Science department of Wageningen University and Research. Her research interests are supply chain management, risk analysis, logistics, inventory control and financial and management. She obtained her BSc from the Technical University in Eindhoven and MSc from Wageningen University.


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Keywords
perishable inventory service level order policy

Funding
This work has been funded by Grant PID2021-123278OB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”.

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