Retail Supply Chain Management Quantitative Models and Empirical Stu

This new edition focuses on three crucial areas of retail supply chain management: (1) empirical studies of retail supply chain practices, (2) assortment and inventory planning and (3) integrating price optimization into retail supply chain decisions. The

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Narendra Agrawal Stephen A. Smith Editors

Retail Supply Chain Management Quantitative Models and Empirical Studies Second Edition

International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Volume 223

Series Editor Camille C. Price Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA Associate Series Editor Joe Zhu Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA Founding Series Editor Frederick S. Hillier Stanford University, CA, USA

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Narendra Agrawal • Stephen A. Smith Editors

Retail Supply Chain Management Quantitative Models and Empirical Studies Second Edition

Editors Narendra Agrawal Department of Operations Management and Information Systems Leavey School of Business Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA, USA

Stephen A. Smith Department of Operations Management and Information Systems Leavey School of Business Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA, USA

ISSN 0884-8289 ISSN 2214-7934 (electronic) International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ISBN 978-1-4899-7561-4 ISBN 978-1-4899-7562-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-7562-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015934150 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2009, 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media LLC New York is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Foreword

It is with great pleasure that I can write a foreword for the second edition of the book Retail Supply Chain Management: Quantitative Models and Empirical Studies. I want to congratulate the editors, Narendra Agrawal and Stephen Smith, for compiling this impressive volume. Like its first edition, this volume continues to be a book that provides a solid reference on research on retail supply chains and inspires new research on this subject. Retailing forms the part of the supply chain that interfaces between the ultimate con