TY - GEN N2 - This book addresses the challenging task of demand forecasting and inventory management in retailing. It analyzes how information from point-of-sale scanner systems can be used to improve inventory decisions, and develops a data-driven approach that integrates demand forecasting and inventory management for perishable products, while taking unobservable lost sales and substitution into account in out-of-stock situations. Using linear programming, a new inventory function that reflects the causal relationship between demand and external factors such as price and weather is proposed. The book s. AB - This book addresses the challenging task of demand forecasting and inventory management in retailing. It analyzes how information from point-of-sale scanner systems can be used to improve inventory decisions, and develops a data-driven approach that integrates demand forecasting and inventory management for perishable products, while taking unobservable lost sales and substitution into account in out-of-stock situations. Using linear programming, a new inventory function that reflects the causal relationship between demand and external factors such as price and weather is proposed. The book s. T1 - Retail analyticsintegrated forecasting and inventory management for perishable products in retailing / AU - Sachs, Anna-Lena, VL - 680 CN - HD38.5 ID - 724853 KW - Business logistics KW - Retail trade KW - Retail trade SN - 9783319133058 SN - 3319133055 TI - Retail analyticsintegrated forecasting and inventory management for perishable products in retailing / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-13305-8 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-13305-8 ER -