Mithu Rani Kuiti

Bio: Mithu Rani Kuiti is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supply chain & Location-scale family. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 90 citations. Previous affiliations of Mithu Rani Kuiti include Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

On stochastic comparisons of minimum order statistics from the location–scale family of distributions

Abstract: We consider stochastic comparisons of minimum order statistics from the location–scale family of distributions that contain most of the popular lifetime distributions. Under certain assumptions, we show that the minimum order statistic of one set of random variables dominates that of another set of random variables with respect to different stochastic orders. Furthermore, we illustrate our results using some well-known specific distributions.

Integrated product design, shelf-space allocation and transportation decisions in green supply chains

Abstract: In this paper, we examine a supply chain consisting of a manufacturer and retailer where the manufacturer undertakes greening efforts in terms of pack-size reduction and transportation cost reducti...

Strategic decisions, competition and cost-sharing contract under industry 4.0 and environmental considerations

Abstract: Technology advancements in the era of Industry 4.0 are proposed to shift away from a centralized instance of decision making to a more decentralized one. Critical to the growth of Industry 4.0 is the coordination among supply chain entities, in particular when Industry 4.0 is proposed to improve sustainability efforts. Studies in green supply chain literature have often considered the market expansion effects of greening efforts. However, a number of other factors influence greening efforts, a critical one being the price premium effect driven by the brand building strategy of firms. A principal issue then arises as to which strategy should firms adopt and when does each greening effect benefit firms and supply chains more. We generate several insights into this important issue by developing models considering dyadic settings, competition, and cost-sharing contract. We examine strategic decisions in these channel structures and compare and contrast our results with the market expansion based models. We identify a number of counter-intuitive results, for example, a dyadic channel with high price-sensitive consumers would benefit more from the price premium effect and cost-sharing (when it focusses on building brand) than market expansion. We also conduct intra-channel and inter-channel comparison of outcomes to understand the effect of competition. Among other results, we find that in the presence of a dominant retailer and competing manufacturers, the retailer shares more greening cost with the manufacturer than the corresponding decentralized channel.

Of Theory and Practice

Abstract: Much has been written about theory and practice in the law, and the tension between practitioners and theorists. Judges do not cite theoretical articles often; they rarely "apply" theories to particular cases. These arguments are not revisited. Instead the Essay explores the working and interaction of theory and practice, practitioners and theorists. The Essay starts with a story about solving a legal issue using our intellectual tools - theory, practice, and their progenies: experience and "gut." Next the Essay elaborates on the nature of theory, practice, experience and "gut." The third part of the Essay discusses theories that are helpful to practitioners and those that are less helpful. The Essay concludes that practitioners theorize, and theorists practice. They use these intellectual tools differently because the goals and orientations of theorists and practitioners, and the constraints under which they act, differ. Theory, practice, experience and "gut" help us think, remember, decide and create. They complement each other like the two sides of the same coin: distinct but inseparable.

The production decisions and cap setting with wholesale price and revenue sharing contracts under cap-and-trade regulation

Abstract: After consideration of a supply chain consisting of a manufacturer and a retailer, this paper uses a two-stage Stackelberg game to explore the production decision as well as the government cap sett...

Applying Industry 4.0 technologies in the COVID–19 sustainable chains

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is 1) to investigate the effects on the crucial Industry 40 technological innovations that interact between the real and virtual worlds and that are applied in the sustainable supply chain process; 2) to contribute to the identification of the opportunities, the challenges and the gaps that will support the new research study developments and 3) to analyze the impact of the Industry 40 technologies as facilitators of the sustainable supply chain performance in the midst of the Coronavirus (COVID-19),This research is performed through a bibliographic review in the electronic databases of the Emerald Insight, the Scopus and the Web of Science, considering the main scientific publications on the subject,The bibliographic search results in 526 articles, followed by two sequential filters for deleting the duplicate articles (resulting in 487 articles) and for selecting the most relevant articles (resulting in 150 articles),This article identifies the opportunities and the challenges focused on the emerging Industry 40 theme The opportunities can contribute to the sustainable performance of the supply chains and their territories The Industry 40 can also generate challenges like the social inequalities related to the position of the man in the labor market by replacing the human workforce with the machines Therefore, the man-machine relationship in the Industry 40 era is analyzed as a gap in the literature Therefore, as a way to fill this gap, the authors of this article suggest the exploration of the research focused on the Society 50 Also known as “super-smart society,” this recent theme appeared in Japan in April 2016 According to Fukuda (2020), in addition to the focus on the technological development, the Society 50 also aims at the quality of life and the social challenge resolutions,This article contributes to the analysis of the Industry 40 technologies as facilitators in the sustainable supply chain performance It addresses the impacts of the Industry 40 technologies applied to the supply chains in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it analyzes the research gaps and limitations found in the literature The result of this study can add value and stimulate new research studies related to the application of the Industry 40 technologies as facilitators in the supply chain sustainable performance It can encourage the studies related to the COVID-19 impacts on the sustainable supply chains, and it can promote the research development on the relationship among the man, the machine and the labor in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Green supply chain contracts with eco-labels issued by the sales platform: profitability and environmental implications

Abstract: Considering environmentally conscious consumers, a manufacturer, and a sales platform which provides eco-labels for qualified manufacturers, this paper develops a supply chain model to study how ec...

Logistics service outsourcing choices in a retailer-led supply chain

Abstract: Motivated by the practice, we investigate logistics service outsourcing choices in a retailer-led supply chain where the retailer offers logistics service by itself or outsources it to a third party logistics service provider. Results show that offering logistics service by the retailer is not always the optimal choice although it alleviates the double marginalization effect. Regarding the value of cost-sharing contracts in such a supply chain, we find that a variable cost sharing contract benefits the retailer but hurts the logistics service provider. When a part of fixed cost is shared by the retailer, a win–win outcome will be achieved.