Drivers of Product Expiration in Consumer Packaged Goods Retailing

Product expiration is an important problem in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry costing 1%-2% of gross retail sales and eroding industry profits substantially. It can be caused by several factors related to store operations, supply chain practices, and product characteristics. Existing meth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akkas, Arzum, Gaur, Vishal, Simchi-Levi, David
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125855