• A clustering-based repair shop design for repairable spare part supply systems 

      Turan H.H.; Sleptchenko A.; Pokharel S.; ElMekkawy T.Y. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)
      In this study, we address the design problem of a single repair shop in a repairable multi-item spare part supply system. We propose a sequential solution heuristic to solve the joint problem of resource pooling, inventory ...
    • Cross-training policies for repair shops with spare part inventories 

      Sleptchenko A.; Turan H.H.; Pokharel S.; ElMekkawy T.Y. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)
      We study a spare part supply system for repairable spare parts where parallel repair servers may have multiple skills (can repair different failed parts). Demands for the spares occur according to Poisson processes with ...
    • Vehicle routing problem in omni-channel retailing distribution systems 

      Abdulkader M.M.S.; Gajpal Y.; ElMekkawy T.Y. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)
      This paper introduces a variant of the vehicle routing problem where a group of retail stores are served from a distribution center using a fleet of vehicles. Moreover, products are distributed to consumers from some of ...