Recent trends in modeling of deteriorating inventory
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...An evident gap is the lack of models applied to the distribution of perishable products, such as those developed in the inventory literature (Goyal and Giri, 2001)....
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...For a large network of food manufacturers and retailers, Groothedde et al. (2005) study the possibility to develop a collaborative hub network, aiming to consolidate palletized flows between the production sites of the manufacturers and the distribution centres of the retailers....
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...As noted by Grunert (2005), it normally refers not only to the physical properties of food products, but also to the way the product is perceived by the final consumer. This can, for instance include not only microbial aspects, but also texture or flavour. Due to the importance of product quality in the food industry, Trienekens and Zuurbier (2008) expect that quality assurance will dominate the process of production and distribution, and that the costs for certification, auditing and quality assurance may evoke responses like technological innovation to create higher efficiency and reduce costs....
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...For a discussion of this body of literature, we refer to the seminal papers by Nahmias (1982), Raafat (1991) and Goyal and Giri (2001), and the recent review by Karaesmen et al. (2011)....
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...As noted by Grunert (2005), it normally refers not only to the physical properties of food products, but also to the way the product is perceived by the final consumer....
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