RFID and perishable inventory management with shelf-space and freshness dependent demand

Selwyn Piramuthu and Wei Zhou

International Journal of Production Economics, 2013, vol. 144, issue 2, 635-640

Abstract: Although there is an extensive set of literature on inventory management for perishable items, a majority of these operate at a higher level where all items are assumed to have a fixed shelf-life. However, depending on how they are handled in transit as well as during storage, the remaining shelf-life of perishable items can vary. We consider perishable inventory management with demand that is directly dependent on the amount of shelf-space allocated to the item of interest as well as its instantaneous quality. We assume the existence of detailed information at the item-level generated through auto-ID technology such as RFID with necessary sensors. Specifically, we extend the model in Bai and Kendall (2008) to incorporate item-level quality information and use Genetic Algorithms to solve our model. Our results show that the incorporation of item quality increases the resulting overall profit to the retailer.

Keywords: Inventory; RFID; Perishable inventory management; Shelf-space; Genetic algorithm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.04.035

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