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Dual sourcing using capacity reservation and spot market: Optimal procurement policy and heuristic parameter determination by Inderfurth, Karl, Kelle, Peter, Kleber, Rainer

“…► We consider a dual sourcing problem with a spot market and capacity reservation (option) contract. ► We model the interdependence between decisions and risk…”
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Supply chain coordination and setup cost reduction in case of asymmetric information by Voigt, Guido, Inderfurth, Karl

“…Previous research shows that asymmetric information triggers a decrease of lot sizes compared to the supply chain optimum. Thus, the setup costs per period are…”
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Impact of uncertainties on recovery behavior in a remanufacturing environment by Inderfurth, Karl

“…Purpose - Remanufacturing of used products is an emerging business area, which is attractive from both an economic and an environmental point of view. Aims to…”
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Concepts for safety stock determination under stochastic demand and different types of random production yield by Inderfurth, Karl, Vogelgesang, Stephanie

“…► Safety stock determination under demand/yield uncertainties and arbitrary lead times. ► Development of closed-form safety stock formulas for different types…”
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Supply chain coordination by risk sharing contracts under random production yield and deterministic demand by Inderfurth, Karl, Clemens, Josephine

“…From numerous contributions to literature we know that properly designed contracts can facilitate coordinated decision making of multiple actors in a supply…”
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Impact of uncertainties on recovery behavior in a remanufacturing environment: A numerical analysis by Inderfurth, Karl

“…Remanufacturing of used products is an emerging business area, which is attractive from both an economic and an environmental point of view. This study aims to…”
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How to protect against demand and yield risks in MRP systems by Inderfurth, Karl

“…Traditional MRP systems suffer from several weaknesses, one of them being the disregard of uncertainties like those referring to demand and supply quantities…”
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An Advanced Heuristic for Multiple-Option Spare Parts Procurement after End-of-Production by Inderfurth, Karl, Kleber, Rainer

“…After‐sales service is a major source of profit for many original equipment manufacturers in industries with durable products. Successful engagement in…”
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The Impact of Information Sharing on Supply Chain Performance under Asymmetric Information by Inderfurth, Karl, Sadrieh, Abdolkarim, Voigt, Guido

“…The use of screening contracts is a common approach to solve supply chain coordination problems under asymmetric information. One main assumption in this…”
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Strategic Inventory and Supply Chain Behavior by Hartwig, Robin, Inderfurth, Karl, Sadrieh, Abdolkarim, Voigt, Guido

“…Based on a serial supply chain model with two periods and price‐sensitive demand, we present the first experimental test of the effect of strategic inventories…”
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Optimal policies in hybrid manufacturing/remanufacturing systems with product substitution by Inderfurth, Karl

“…In hybrid control systems for simultaneous remanufacturing of used products and manufacturing of new ones, the two operations are not directly interconnected…”
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Capacity reservation under spot market price uncertainty by Inderfurth, Karl, Kelle, Peter

“…Capacity reservation contracts and spot markets are two alternative purchasing practices. We focus on the cost-effective management of the combined use of…”
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How yield process misspecification affects the solution of disassemble-to-order problems by Inderfurth, Karl, Vogelgesang, Stephanie, Langella, Ian M.

“…Random yields from production are often present in manufacturing systems and there are several ways that this can be modeled. In disassembly planning for…”
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Inventory control in dual sourcing commodity procurement with price correlation by Inderfurth, Karl, Kelle, Peter, Kleber, Rainer

“…In this paper, we focus on the role of inventory management as a means for operational hedging by dual sourcing of commodities using a multi-period option…”
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Flexible versus robust lot-scheduling subject to random production yield and deterministic dynamic demand by Helber, Stefan, Inderfurth, Karl, Sahling, Florian, Schimmelpfeng, Katja

“…We consider the problem of scheduling production lots for multiple products competing for a common production resource that processes the product units…”
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Supply chain coordination by contracts under binomial production yield by Clemens, Josephine, Inderfurth, Karl

“…Supply chain coordination is enabled by adequately designed contracts so that decision making by multiple actors avoids efficiency losses in the supply chain…”
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Exact and heuristic linear-inflation policies for an inventory model with random yield and arbitrary lead times by Inderfurth, K., Kiesmüller, G.P.

“…•An inventory model with random yield where positive lead times are allowed.•A simple approach to determine the critical stock level for a linear-inflation…”
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Note on "Myopic Heuristics for the Random Yield Problem" by Inderfurth, Karl, Transchel, Sandra

“…Bollapragada and Morton (1999) present several well-performing heuristics for solving the periodic inventory problem with random yield and demand. Their…”
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A heuristic solution method for disassemble-to-order problems with binomial disassembly yields by Inderfurth, Karl, Langella, Ian M., Transchel, Sandra, Vogelgesang, Stephanie

“…In disassemble-to-order problems, where a specific amount of several components must be obtained from the disassembly of several types of returned products,…”
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An American 'tilt' Toward South Asia by Inderfurth, Karl D.

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