• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제21권48호
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• pp.37-52
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• 1998

In many distribution systems important cost reductions and/or service improvements may be achieved by adopting an efficient inventory policy and proper selection of facilities. These efficiency improvements and service enhancements clearly require an integrated approach towards various logistical planning functions. The areas of inventory control and transportation planning need to be closely coordinated. The purpose of this paper is to construct an integrated model that can minimize the total cost of the transportation and inventory systems between multiple origin and destination points, where in origin point i has the supply of commodities and in destination point j requires the commodities. In this case, demands of the destination points are assumed random variables which have a known probability distribution. Using the lot-size reorder-point policy and the safety stock level that minimize total cost we find optimal distribution centers which transport the commodities to the destination points and suggest an optimal inventory policy to the selected distribution center. We also show if a demand greater than one unit will occur at a particular time, we describe the approximate optional replenishment policy from computational results of this lot-size reorder-point policy. This model is formulated as a 0-1 nonlinear integer programming problem. To solve the problem, this paper proposes heuristic computational procedures and a computer program with UNIX C language. In the usefulness review, we show the meaning and validity of the proposed model and exhibit the results of a comparison between our approach and the traditional approach, respectively.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2001

The main objective of this research is to develop a model to select the optimal input service level for a distribution center-multi branch inventory distribution system. With the continuous review policy, the distribution center places an order for specific order quantity to an outside supplier, and the order quantity is replenished after a certain lead time Also, each branch places an order for particular order quantity to the distribution center to satisfy the customer demands, and receives the replenishment after a lead time. When an out of stock condition occurs during an order cycle, a backorder is placed to the upper level to fill the unfilled demands. With these situation, variable demand and variable lead time are used for better industrial practice. Further, actual lead times with a generic lead time distribution are used in developing the control model. Under the actual lead time model, the customer service measures actually attained for the distribution center and each branch are explained as the effective customer service measures. Thus, throughout the optimal control (using computer search procedures), we can select the optimal input service levels for the distribution center and each branch to attain the effective service levels for each branch which is consistent with the goal level of service for each branch. At the same time, the entire distribution system keeps minimum inventories.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.152-161
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• 2011

The operation of vending machine system presents a decision-making problem which consists of determining the product allocation to vending-machine storage compartments, replenishment intervals of vending machines, and vehicle routes, all of which have critical effects on system profit. Especially, it becomes more difficult to determine the operation variables optimally when demand for a product that is out-of-stock spills over to another product or is lost. In this paper, we propose a heuristic for solving the operation problem of the vending machine system and evaluate it by comparing with Yang's algorithm on various test problems with respect to system profit via a computer simulation. The results of computational experiments show a substantial profit increase of the proposed heuristic over Yang's algorithm. Sensitivity analysis indicates that some input variables impact the profit increase significantly.

• 한국유통학회지:유통연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.23-48
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• 2007

전통적으로 제조업체는 자사 브랜드를 중심으로한 매장관리를 원하고, 유통업체 입장에서는 특정 브랜드가 많이 팔리는 것 보다는 여러 메이커 브랜드가 뒤섞여 카테고리 또는 전체매장의 매출이 높아지는데 관심이 있다. 최근 이러한 유통업체와 공급업체의 인식차이가 카테고리 관리 개념에 의해 좁혀지고 있다. 본 논문의 큰 연구목적은 점포유형과 시장포지션에 따라 어떤 카테고리 전술 즉 제품구색(브랜드의 수, 카테고리 내 브랜드 간의 분산구조), 가격정책(정규가격수준, 가격변화율), 매장진열(매장진열재고량), 상품보충(취급율, 품절율, 재고소진일) 등이 매출성과에 영향을 미치는 가를 분석하고자 하는 것이다. 다양성 추구 카테고리 역할을 하는 네 종류의 샴푸, 치약, 세탁세제, 주방세제 카테고리에 대한 성과 및 전술들에 대한 데이터를 전국의 2,859개의 대형슈퍼와 15,565개의 소형슈퍼로부터 수집한 닐슨자료를 가설검정에 이용하였다. 회귀분석과 Chow Test를 이용하여 분석한 결과 대형수퍼-시장선도자의 경우 품절율, 진열재고량, 브랜드분산, 재고소진일 등의 카테고리 전술들이 카테고리 매출액에 유의하게 작용하였고, 대형슈퍼-추종자의 경우는 진열재고량, 브랜드분산, 재고소진일 등의 전술들이 매출액 변화에 중요한 역할을 하였다. 소형슈퍼-시장선도자와 소형슈퍼-추종자의 경우는 동일하게 취급율, 진열재고량, 브랜드분산, 재고소진일 등의 카테고리 전술들이 카테고리 매출액에 유의한 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 기대와는 달리 브랜드의 수와 가격정책은 점포유형과 시장포지션에 상관없이 모두 중요하게 작용하지 못하였다. 본 논문은 공급업체들이 왜 경쟁업체보다 시장에서 더 나은 또는 더 못한 성과를 얻는지를 파악할 수 있고 더 나아가 공급업체의 제한된 자원을 점포유형과 시장포지션에 따라 어떤 카테고리전술을 이용하여 재분배할 수 있는가에 대한 지침을 제공한다.