dc.contributor.author | Kiil, Kasper | |
dc.contributor.author | Dreyer, Heidi Carin | |
dc.contributor.author | Kym, Fraser | |
dc.contributor.author | Hvolby, Hans-Henrik | |
dc.contributor.author | Strandhaugen, Jan Ola | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-06T13:11:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-06T13:11:42Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-07-05T09:58:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0007-070X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2561280 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of sharing and utilizing remaining shelf life (RSL) information from grocery stores by the use of age-based replenishment policies for perishables.
Design/methodology/approach
The performance is evaluated through a discrete event simulation model, which mirrors a part of one of Norway’s largest grocery retailer and uses their POS data to reflect a realistic demand pattern of 232 stores for one year.
Findings
The findings indicate that a current age-based replenishment policy (EWA policy) provides a significant improvement of 17.7 percent increase in availability for perishables with a shelf life between 4 and 11 days, but suffers from high inventory levels and only reduces waste by 3.4 percent compared to a base stock policy. A proposed adjustment to the EWA policy, EWASS, provides a more balanced performance in the conducted study with a reduction of 10.7 percent waste and 10.3 percent increase in availability by keeping the same average inventory level.
Practical implications
Sharing and utilizing RSL information for replenishment of perishables with a predetermined shelf life between 6 and 11 days can be beneficial, and could enable the replenishment processes to be automated. However, for products with longer shelf life, the benefits slowly diminish.
Originality/value
The study proposes a new age-based replenishment policy which in the conducted study showed a more balanced performance improvement, in both waste and availability, compared with previous replenishment policies. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Emerald | nb_NO |
dc.title | Automatic replenishment of perishables in grocery retailing: The value of utilizing remaining shelf life information | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | submittedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 2033-2046 | nb_NO |
dc.source.volume | 120 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | British Food Journal | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 9 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1108/BFJ-10-2017-0547 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1595796 | |
dc.relation.project | Norges forskningsråd: 236659 | nb_NO |
dc.description.localcode | © 2018. This is the authors' manuscript to the article. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/13552511011084526 | nb_NO |
cristin.unitcode | 194,64,92,0 | |
cristin.unitcode | 194,60,25,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for maskinteknikk og produksjon | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse | |
cristin.ispublished | false | |
cristin.fulltext | preprint | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |