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dc.contributor.authorKiil, Kasper
dc.contributor.authorDreyer, Heidi Carin
dc.contributor.authorKym, Fraser
dc.contributor.authorHvolby, Hans-Henrik
dc.contributor.authorStrandhaugen, Jan Ola
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-06T13:11:42Z
dc.date.available2018-09-06T13:11:42Z
dc.date.created2018-07-05T09:58:10Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0007-070X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2561280
dc.description.abstractPurpose 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.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherEmeraldnb_NO
dc.titleAutomatic replenishment of perishables in grocery retailing: The value of utilizing remaining shelf life informationnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.description.versionsubmittedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber2033-2046nb_NO
dc.source.volume120nb_NO
dc.source.journalBritish Food Journalnb_NO
dc.source.issue9nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/BFJ-10-2017-0547
dc.identifier.cristin1595796
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 236659nb_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/10.1108/13552511011084526nb_NO
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cristin.unitcode194,60,25,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for maskinteknikk og produksjon
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse
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