Reducing out of stock, shrinkage and overstock through RFID in the fresh food supply chain: Evidence from an Italian retail pilot

Bertolini, Massimo; Ferretti, Gino; Vignali, Giuseppe; Volpi, Andrea

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“…replenishment, and shrinkage prevention (Bertolini et al, 2013;Shang et al, 2008). Studies related to third-party logistics (Singh et al, 2018), reducing short supply chain with respect to the transportation (Sellitto et al, 2018), integrated production scheduling and production planning in the dairy industry (Bilgen & Çelebi, 2013), assortment planning, and store wise allocation of baby foods (Flamand et al, 2018) help in enhancing the performance of logistics and distribution in a supply chain.…”

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“…Effective management of supply chain logistics and distribution is core toward controlling the cost increase as well as timely availability of desired nutraceutical products. Appropriate use of decision support systems, radio frequency identification technology, and other technologies has demonstrated significant benefits in managing inventory, shelf replenishment, and shrinkage prevention (Bertolini et al., 2013; Shang et al., 2008). Studies related to third‐party logistics (Singh et al., 2018), reducing short supply chain with respect to the transportation (Sellitto et al., 2018), integrated production scheduling and production planning in the dairy industry (Bilgen & Çelebi, 2013), assortment planning, and store wise allocation of baby foods (Flamand et al., 2018) help in enhancing the performance of logistics and distribution in a supply chain.…”

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Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals‐2030 through the nutraceutical industry: A review of managerial research and the role of operations management

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This article focuses on the current state of management literature about the emerging nutraceutical industry, examining its strengths and weaknesses and future research opportunities within the context of global goals to end hunger, such as United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In this paper, we review one decade of nutraceutical management literature in the context of international antihunger agreements, detailing trends in the literature related to geographic and temporal diffusion, journals publishing in these topics, research methodologies applied, theoretical approaches discussed, and managerial research themes addressed (including sustainability issues). Nutraceuticals have been proposed by international public–private partnerships and food industry actors as having the potential to address malnutrition and undernourishment. The review reflects that research on nutraceutical business practices is still in its early stages. The study indicates that future research and policy‐related studies should focus on resolving the operational challenges that underdeveloped and developing economies face in improving accessibility and affordability.

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“…In this respect, pilot studies carried out by some well-established retailers have shown that Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions are helpful to improve inventory tracking and reduce stockouts [7], [5]. However, RFID technology is still expensive and requires time-consuming item-level tagging, which prevents its widespread use.…”

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“…In the last decade, advanced sensor-based technologies mainly using Auto-ID systems, weight sensors and imaging devices have been proposed for automatic stock monitoring and inventory [5], [6]. While these systems were shown to improve on-shelf availability to some extent, further research efforts are still needed towards the development of more robust and efficient technological solutions, able to deal with the large variability of store environments and goods.…”

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Towards Intelligent Retail: Automated on-Shelf Availability Estimation Using a Depth Camera

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Efficient management of on-shelf availability and inventory is a key issue to achieve customer satisfaction and reduce the risk of profit loss for both retailers and manufacturers. Conventional store audits based on physical inspection of shelves are labor-intensive and do not provide reliable assessment. This paper describes a novel framework for automated shelf monitoring, using a consumer-grade depth sensor. The aim is to develop a low-cost embedded system for early detection of out-of-stock situations with particular regard to perishable goods stored in countertop shelves, refrigerated counters, baskets or crates. The proposed solution exploits 3D point cloud reconstruction and modelling techniques, including surface fitting and occupancy grids, to estimate product availability, based on the comparison between a reference model of the shelf and its current status. No a priori knowledge about the product type is required, while the shelf reference model is automatically learnt based on an initial training stage. The output of the system can be used to generate alerts for store managers, as well as to continuously update product availability estimates for automated stock ordering and replenishment and for e-commerce apps. Experimental tests performed in a real retail environment show that the proposed system is able to estimate the on-shelf availability percentage of different fresh products with a maximum average discrepancy with respect to the actual one of about 5.0%. INDEX TERMS Automated stock monitoring, intelligent retail, RGB-D sensors, 3D reconstruction and modeling.

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“…(2008);Bertolini et al (2013);Goyal et al (2016),Gaukler (2011), Bottani et al (2017 Papakiriakopoulos et al (2012),Trautrims et al (2009). andMusalem et al (2010) proposed a methodology to reduce the occurrence of OOS, which took advantage of several points that other studies address in isolation.…”

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Bow tie analysis for prioritizing actions to manage the risks of out of stock on shelves in the retail

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a methodology to structure the problem of retail out of stock (OOS). This methodology allows investigating risk factors and barriers related to the main causes and consequences that lead to OOS occurring.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed methodology to structure the OOS problem is based on the bow- ie tool, which allows better visualisation, understanding and analysis of a complete OOS scenario. This proposal comprises exploring the main causes and consequences of OOS, the barriers to prevention and mitigation, the escalation factors to control undesirable events and to define actions to eliminate or mitigate the OSS risk.FindingsSeveral potential causal risk factors, related to technical, behavioural, cultural and organisational aspects, were identified with this methodology. With the analysis of the OOS scenario, it was observed that the factors that lead to the OOS risk are preventable. In order to improve existing barriers or implement new barriers, a set of actions can be recommended to reduce or eliminate OOS risk factors.Originality/valueFrom a better understanding of hazard, the bow-tie methodology allows identifying crucial factors that could be acted upon to reduce the incidence of OSS. Thus, the value is to propose a methodology that allows establishing the preventive and protective barriers necessaries and the escalation factors related to each of these to help structure the problem and consequently reduce the OOS in retail organisations.

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Reducing out of stock, shrinkage and overstock through RFID in the fresh food supply chain: Evidence from an Italian retail pilot

Cited by 25 publications

References 16 publications

Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals‐2030 through the nutraceutical industry: A review of managerial research and the role of operations management

Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals‐2030 through the nutraceutical industry: A review of managerial research and the role of operations management

Towards Intelligent Retail: Automated on-Shelf Availability Estimation Using a Depth Camera

Bow tie analysis for prioritizing actions to manage the risks of out of stock on shelves in the retail

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