Inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / Nurzahara Atika Kamaruzaman

As expected, the demand for a fresh product depends on how fresh it is, therefore, it is important to take expiration date into consideration. Based on marketing and economic theory, several factors such as price, inventory level and advertisement play a crucial role in influencing the demand. Hence...

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Main Author: Nurzahara Atika , Kamaruzaman
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Published: 2020
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description As expected, the demand for a fresh product depends on how fresh it is, therefore, it is important to take expiration date into consideration. Based on marketing and economic theory, several factors such as price, inventory level and advertisement play a crucial role in influencing the demand. Hence, we study the effect of these factors in influencing the demand in the inventory model. Since the demand for perishable product declines over time, markdown policy is offered to increase the demand and profit while reducing the inventory. Salvage value is incorporated to the deteriorating units. In this research, we extend previous works and develop three inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy. We show that the markdown policy is an appropriate strategy to sell and get rid of slow-moving or remaining inventory when the season ends and increase the annual profit. Moreover, we find the best time to offer markdown strategy. We obtain the optimum solution with the help of numerical examples. Sensitivity analysis is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of each model.
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spelling um-121782021-04-26T18:11:28Z Inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / Nurzahara Atika Kamaruzaman Nurzahara Atika , Kamaruzaman QA Mathematics As expected, the demand for a fresh product depends on how fresh it is, therefore, it is important to take expiration date into consideration. Based on marketing and economic theory, several factors such as price, inventory level and advertisement play a crucial role in influencing the demand. Hence, we study the effect of these factors in influencing the demand in the inventory model. Since the demand for perishable product declines over time, markdown policy is offered to increase the demand and profit while reducing the inventory. Salvage value is incorporated to the deteriorating units. In this research, we extend previous works and develop three inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy. We show that the markdown policy is an appropriate strategy to sell and get rid of slow-moving or remaining inventory when the season ends and increase the annual profit. Moreover, we find the best time to offer markdown strategy. We obtain the optimum solution with the help of numerical examples. Sensitivity analysis is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of each model. 2020-09 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12178/1/Nurzahara_Atika.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12178/2/Nurzahara_Atika.pdf Nurzahara Atika , Kamaruzaman (2020) Inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / Nurzahara Atika Kamaruzaman. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12178/
spellingShingle QA Mathematics
Nurzahara Atika , Kamaruzaman
Inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / Nurzahara Atika Kamaruzaman
title Inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / Nurzahara Atika Kamaruzaman
title_full Inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / Nurzahara Atika Kamaruzaman
title_fullStr Inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / Nurzahara Atika Kamaruzaman
title_full_unstemmed Inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / Nurzahara Atika Kamaruzaman
title_short Inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / Nurzahara Atika Kamaruzaman
title_sort inventory models for perishable items under markdown policy / nurzahara atika kamaruzaman
topic QA Mathematics
url http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12178/
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12178/1/Nurzahara_Atika.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12178/2/Nurzahara_Atika.pdf