21st International Symposium on Inventories

22-26 August 2022

Radisson Blu Béke Hotel

Program overview

Monday,
22 August
Tuesday,
23 August
Wednesday,
24 August
Thursday,
25 August
Friday,
26 August
Morning Free Parallel
sessions
Parallel
sessions
Parallel
sessions
Afternoon Plenary
sessions
Parallel
sessions
Excursion &
company visit
Incl. in FULL registration fees only
Parallel
sessions  ISIR
General
Assembly
 
Evening Welcome reception
Incl. in full and standard registration fees,
for accompanying persons also.
Free Banquet dinner at Öbölház
Incl. in FULL registration fees only
 

Track titles of the 21st ISIR Symposium

AF   Analytics and Forecasting for Inventory Control
EC   Economics of Inventory and Production
IC   Inventory Coordination in Supply Chains
SIM   Sustainable Inventory Management
COV   COVID-19 and its Impact on Global Economies
ECR   Special Session: Early Career Researcher
ML   Machine Learning for Inventory Management
SP   Spare Parts Management and Maintenance Optimization
II   Interfaces of Inventory with Transportation, Production, Finance and Marketing

August 22

Hours/Date August 22
10:00-18:30 Registration desk opening
13:00-13.45 Welcome snacks
13.45 Opening Plenary session (Shakespeare room)
Welcome: Attila Chikán
Opening: John Boylan
14.00 Robert N. Boute – Arnoud P. Wellens – Maximiliano Udenio: Impact of Improving Demand Forecasts with Machine Learning Methods on a Retailer's Inventory Control
14:30 Boualem Rabta – Zsuzsanna Hauck – Gerald Reiner: Supply Chain Coordination for Food Loss Reduction
15:00 Joost Goedhart - Rene Haijema - Renzo Akkerman: Modelling the influence of returns for an omni-channel retailer
15:30-16.00 Coffee
16.00 Plenary session (Shakespeare room)
Chair: J. Marklund
16:00 Aris Syntetos - Zied Babai - Ruud Teunter: Simple Approximate Inventory Control Optimality Conditions Under Backorders and Lost Sales
16.30 Christina Imdahl - Kai Hoberg - William Schmidt: Applying Fixed Order Commitment Contracts in a Capacitated Supply Chain
17.00 Rob Broekmeulen - Karel van Donselaar: Is your Warehouse Capacity Tight? Order More Inventory! Integrating Warehouse and Inventory Management when Inbound Capacity and Number of Storage Locations are Restricted
17:30

August 23

Hours/Date August 23
  SIM1 (Juliet room) EC1 (Romeo room) IC1 (Venice room) AF1 (Zsolnay II room)
  Chair: A. Rintala Chair: M. Meijer Chair: H. Zijm Chair: R. Dekker
9:00 Nina Mayer – Mirjam Meijer – Sandra Transchel: Channel Choice under Esthetic Specifications and Producer Information in Agricultural Supply Chains Amihai Glazer – Refael Hassin – Irit Nowik: When to Buy, When to Sell, and What Price to Charge Robert Boute – Heletjé van Staden – Hannah Yee: Dual Sourcing Under Non-stationary and Partially Observable Demand Aris Syntetos – Zied Babai – Ruud Teunter: Simple Approximate Inventory Control Optimality Conditions Under Backorders and Lost Sales
9:30 Lena Silbermayr – Martin Waitz: Omni-channel Inventory Decisions Under Retailer-driven Transshipments and Customer-driven Substitution Jiejian Feng – Yang Liu – Victor Shi – Ou Tang: Dynamic Pricing for Selling Assets in a Finite Time Horizon with Dependent Demands Joachim Arts – Melvin Drent: Effective DualSourcing Through Inventory Projection Marco Bijvank: Lookahead Replenishment Policies for Lost-Sales Inventory Systems with Fixed Order Cost
10:00 Robert W. Grubbström: Incorporating Non-Empty Initial States into MRP Theory Stuart X. Zhu: Optimal Competitive Strategy for Original Equipment Manufacturer with Remanufacturing in the face of Strategic Consumers Soren Glud Johansen: Base-stock control of the lost sales inventory system with compound Poisson demand and non-crossing lead times
10.30-11.00 Coffee
  SIM2 (Juliet room) COV (Romeo room) Best Student Paper (Venice room) AF2 (Zsolnay II room)
  Chair: J. Arts Chair: J. M. Framinan Chair: S.Transchel Chair: R. Grubbström
11:00 Gizem Mullaoglu -Tarkan Tan – Nadine van Dien: The Planning of Circular Activities Considering the Regulatory Barriers in Cross-border Transportation: A Case Study Peter Kelle - Nikunja Mohan Modak: Impacts of Infection Intensity on the Operations of Dual-channel Supply Chains Georgios Karakatsoulis – Konstantina Skouri: An EOQ Type Model under Different Disruption Profiles Kai Hoberg - Tim Schlaich: When is the Next Order? Forecasting the Timing of Retail Orders Using Point-of-Sales Data and Channel Inventory Estimations
11:30 Mehdi Najafi – Hossein Zolfaghariania: A Production Planning and Distribution Problem for a Sustainable Meat Supply Chain Attila Chikán – Bence Kiss-Dobronyi: An Inventory Paradigm Revisited in the COVID era Stefan Minner – Yihua Wang: Data-driven Deep Reinforcement Learning for Demand Fulfillment in Online Retail Peter Berling - Danja Sonntag: Inventory Control in Production-Inventory Systems with Random Yield and Rework
12:00 Venugopal Ramadasu - Gerald Reiner: Integrated Inventory and Capacity Management for Hydrogen Production under Consideration of Fluctuating Electricity Pricess Jin Li – Victor Shi: Managing Strategic Inventories in a Three-echelon Supply Chain Robert Boute - Stefan Creemers - Bram De Moor: Ending Truck Dominance in Supply Chains through Proactive Bundling and Modal Split Transport Maryam Azani - Rob Basten - Ton de Kok - Lijia Tan: A Review of Human-System Interaction in Uncertain Production Planning Environment
12.30-14.00 Lunch
  ML1 (Juliet room) II1 (Romeo room) SP1 (Venice room) AF3 (Zsolnay II room)
  Chair: B. Arslan Chair: T. Avinadav Chair: R. Teunter Chair: D. Sonntag
14:00 Remco Dijkman – Christina Imdahl – Willem van Jaarsveld – Tarkan Temizoz: Deep Controlled Learning for Large Scaled Inventory Control Shaunak Dabadghao – Maximiliano Udenio: The Role of Supply Networks in Managing Net Operating Working Capital Alp Akcay - Ipek Dursun - Geert-Jan van Houtum: How Good must Failure Predictions be to Make Local Spare Parts Stock Superfluous? Sarah van der Auweraer – Joachim Arts -Thomas van Pelt: Inventory Control for Periodic Intermittent Demand
14:30 Kim De Boeck – Robert Boute – Nathalie Vanvuchelen: Cluster-based Lateral Transshipments for the Zambian Health Supply Chain Christian Straubert: Determining the Optimal Number of Warehouses for Different B2C e-commerce Retailers, Products, and Assortments Rob Basten – Zhao Kang – Ton de Kok – Ahmadreza Marandi: Robust Spare Parts Inventory Management Marco Bijvank: Correction for (R,S) Inventory Systems with Intermittent Demand
15:00 Albert van Breemen – Willem van Jaarsveld – Illya Kaynov – Marijn van Knippenberg – Vlado Menkovski: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Asymmetric One-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Inventory Management Joachim Arts – Melvin Drent – Moradi Shahmansouri Poulad: Efficient Emission Reduction Through Dynamic Transportation Mode Selection John Boylan – Ivan Svetunkov: iETS: State Space Model for Intermittent Demand Forecasting
15.30-16.00 Coffee
  II2 (Romeo room) SP2 (Venice room) AF4 (Zsolnay II room)
  Chair: M. Udenio Chair: G. Kiesmüller Chair: M. Bijvank
16:00 Theodosis Dimitrakos – Epaminondas Kyriakidis – Andreas Papasalouros: Optimal Choice of Next Customer in Single Vehicle Routing Problems with Stochastic Demands Hoi-Kil Choi – Sungchan Jun – Chulung Lee – Mingyu Sang: Development of Condition Based Inventory Management in Airport Baggage Handling System Rommert Dekker - Daniël den Haan: Do Machine Learning Methods Perform Better in Spare Parts Demand Forecasting?
16:30 Tal Avinadav – Priel Levy: Improving Efficiency in Supply Chains using Partial Funding Bram de Jonge – Yue Cai – Ruud Teunter: A Data-Driven Approach for Condition-Based Maintenance Optimization Nikolaos Kourentzes – Yves R. Sagaert: From Tactical Forecasts with Leading Indicators to Improved Inventory Management
17:00 Paula van Veen-Dirks – Jia Yuping: Incentives and Decentralization at the Production Level: The Importance of Performance Contractibility Zied Babai – John Boylan: Kernel Density Estimation for Demand Prediction and Inventory Control

August 25

Hours/Date August 25
  SIM3 (Juliet room) II3 (Romeo room) IC2 IC2 (Venice room) ECR (Zsolnay II room)
  Chair: J. Arts Chair: M. Cosmi Chair: K. Demeter
9:00 Mariam Abdulkareem, Jouni Havukainen, Jutta Nuortila-Jokinen – Annastiina Rintala: The Role of Inventory Management in Environmental Sustainability – a Literature Review and a Case of Low-Carbon Concrete Gudrun Kiesmüller – Albert Schrotenboer - Danja Sonttag: Time Based Shipment Consolidation for Stochastic Inventory Routing Problems Tarik Aouam – Foad Ghadimi – Reha Uzsoy: Safety Stock Placement with Market Selection in a Production-distribution System with Load-dependent Lead Time and Demand Uncertainty 'Finding an academic job and getting hired'
hosted by Sarah van der Auweraer
9:30 Joachim Arts – Stefan Holmström – Tiffany-Thao Nguyen – Jared Wight: Medical Radioisotope Supply Chain Process Map Gudrun Kiesmüller – Jana Ralfs: Inventory Management with Advance Demand Information and Flexible Shipment Consolidation Stefan Minner – Josef Svoboda: Strategic Inventory Placement in Large-Scale Multi-Echelon Networks: A Sampling-Based Approach
10:00 Rene Haijema - Stefan Minner: Machine learning to predict optimal replenishment parameters for perishable products Joren Gijsbrechts: Volume Flexibility at Responsive Suppliers in Reshoring Decisions M. Jaber - M. Lanzini - B. Marchi - S. Zanoni - L.E. Zavanella: A cold supply chain model with transshipments considering energy usage and greenhouse gases emissions
10.30-11.00 Coffee
  ML2 (Juliet room) EC2 (Romeo room) IC3 (Venice room) ECR (Zsolnay II room)
Chair: T. Tamizoz Chair: V. Shi Chair: S. Minner
11:00 Solsaem Choi – Hoi-Kil Choi – Yosephine Irena – Chulung Lee – Yonghyuck Shin: Determination of Efficient Inventory Management Techniques and Policies for Airport Inventory Management Zsuzsanna Hauck - Dóra Longauer - Tamás Vasvári: Investigating make or buy decisions and the impact of learning-by-doing in the semiconductor industry Khaled Hadj-Hamou – Yacine Rekik – Minh Tam Tran: Optimal Pricing for a Stochastic Omnichannel Attraction Demand Model with Buy Online and Pick up in Store 'Reviewing papers and responding to reviewers'
hosted by Mirjam Meijer
11:30 Yves R. Sagaert - Filotas Theodosiou: A Hierarchical Machine Learning Approach for an Integrated Supply Chain with Collaborative Inventory Management Huihui Chi – Yacine Rekik – Zhou Wei: Pricing and Inventory Policy for Anticipatory Shipment with Dark Store Ulas Ozen: Cooperation in Spare Parts Systems with Penalty Cost per Unit Backlogged
12:00 Zümbül Atan - Bartu Arslan - Albert Schrotenboer: Replenishment and Fulfillment Policies in Omnichannel Supply Chains Using Deep Reinforcement Learning Michalis Deligiannis – George Liberopoulos – Dimitrios Pandelis: A Censored-Data Multiperiod Dual Sourcing Problem David Bogataj - Marija Bogataj – Francisco Campuzano Bolarin – José Andrés Moreno Nicolás: Wating lines in the European ports in the Context of International Trade Drivers and inventories of perishable goods
12.30-13.30 Lunch
  EC3 (Romeo room) IC4 (Venice room) SP3 (Zsolnay II room)
  Chair: Chair: D. Srinivasan Chair: M. Jannathan Chair: G.J van Houtum
13:30 David Bogataj – Marija Bogataj: Public Housing Stock Management in Ageing Society Johan Marklund: Exact Analysis of One-Warehouse Multiple-Retailer Inventory Systems With Quantity Restricted Delivery Policies Collin Drent – Melvin Drent – Chaaben Kouki : Dedicated Maintenance and Repair Shop Control
14:00 Willem van Jaarsveld – Mirjam Meijer – Ton de Kok Contingent Renewal Contracts in High-tech Manufacturing with Oligopolistic Suppliers Rommert Dekker – Wilco van den Heuvel – M. Turkensteen: Joint Inventory Control in a Dynamic Setting with Limited Supply Options? Ludwig Brieditis - Filip Malmberg - Gudrun Kiesmüller: The Optimal Repair Policy for an Unreliable Production System with Buffers and Limited Availability of Spare Parts
14:30 R K Amit – Dhandabani Srinivasan : Correlated Equilibrium for Inventory Games Kai Hoberg – Walid Klibi – Dung Nguyen: Optimizing Inventory Availability Disclosures for Brick-and-mortar Stores Gudrun Kiesmüller – Christoph Rippe: The Repair Kit Problem with Imperfect Advance Demand Information
15.00-15.30 Coffee
15.30 Plenary session (Shakepeare room)
  Chair: O. Tang
15.30 Henk Zijm: Resilient Supply Chains: Lessons from COVID-19
16.00 Pedro Amorim - Gonçalo Figueira - Jan Fransoo - Willem van Jaarsveld: The Impact of Committing to Customer Orders in Online Retail
16.30-17.30 General Assembly Meeting

August 26

Hours/Date August 26
  SIM5 (Juliet room) II4 (Romeo room) IC5 (Venice room) AF5 (Zsolnay II room)
  Chair: K. Pauls-Worm Chair: A. Schrotenboer Chair: M. Drent Chair: A. P. Wellens
9:00 Rob Broekmeulen – Karel van Donselaar: Food Waste Reduction Through Service Differentiation at Retailers with Periodic Review Inventory Systems for Perishables Jose M. Framinan – Paz Perez-Gonzalez, Francisco Guerrero, Francisco Roman: Matching Inventory and Demand in a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Company: A Decision Support System Christina Imdahl - Kai Hoberg - William Schmidt: Applying Fixed Order Commitment Contracts in a Capacitated Supply Chain Konstantinos Nikolopoulos – Konstantia Litsiou – Yiannis Polychronakis – Stelios SapountzisForecasting the Success of Megaprojects and Implications for Inventory Managemen
9:30 Renzo Akkerman – Maret Hoogeboom – Karin Pauls-Worm: Exploring Inventory Management with Supplier-driven Substitution and Post-purchase out-ofstock Situations in Online Grocery Retailing Joachim Arts – Matteo Cosmi – Steffen Klosterhalfen: Mathematical Programming Models for Managing the Profitability-sustainability Trade-off in Complex Chemical Value Chains Geoffrey Chua – Edward Davis – Madhav Jagannathan – S. Viswanathan: Resilient Supply Chain Design: A Model to Evaluate Alternative Configurations Diána Strommer – Norina Szander – Péter Földesi: Application of Quality Management Tools in Analysation of the Bullwhip Effect
10:00 Christian Fikar – Adhurim Imeri – Gerald Reiner: Investment in Food Waste Prevention: Modeling Trade-offs Under Stochastic Supply Attributes and Consumer In-store Picking Behavior Benedikt Sonnleitner: The Value of Hierarchically Aligned Forecasts for Staff Scheduling in Cross Docking Qing Li – Khaled Hadj-Hamou – Yacine Rekik: Information Sharing Impacts the Formation of the Vertically Integrated Nikolaos Kourentzes- Ivan Svetunkov - Juan R. Trapero: Connecting Forecasting and Inventory Performance: a Complex Task
10.30-11.00 Coffee
  SIM6 (Juliet room) IC6 (Venice room) AF6 (Zsolnay II room)
  Chair: D. Hegedűs Chair: Q. Li Chair: G. Tamás
11:00 Joachim Arts – Anne Lange – Nicole Perez Becker: Inventory Control in Systems with Reusable Containers Imre Dobos - Gyöngyi Vörösmarty: Supplier Selection and Order Allocation Considering Rank Reversa Robert Fildes – Nikolaos Kourentzes – Anna Srogini: Judgmental model tuning in forecasting: a retailing case study
11:30 Dániel Hegedűs – Dóra Longauer The Impact of Reusable Parts on Inventory Management Total Costs Robert Boute – Stefan Creemers: The Joint Replenishment Problem: Optimal Policy and Exact Evaluation Method Devon Barrow – Nikolaos Kourentzes: Integrating Forecasting and Inventory Control in Hospital Pharmacies: A Case Study of an NHS Trust Supply Chain
12:00 Jan Fransoo – Yann Bouchery – Taheri Mahyar – Sandra Transchel: Pricing and Inventory Management of Reusable Packaging Filip Malmberg: Exact Analysis of Joint Ordering Policies in Divergent Multi-echelon Inventory Systems with Quantity-based Shipment Consolidation Emel Arikan – Christian Paier – Gerald Reiner – Gábor Tamás – Elisabeth Zehendner Measuring Forecast Quality in a Multi-Level Parcel Distribution Network
12.30-14.00 Farewell drink & Lunch