End of Life Planning for Mobile Phones.

面对需求的不确定性，在线和离线店面整合的企业的库存管理和控制带来了大量的运营挑战。历史上有很多关于不确定性下的库存控制的研究。然而，在销售寿命结束时的库存控制仍然是文献中研究不足的领域。特别是，优化库存水平以确保剩余库存在销售寿命结束前售出，以及防止缺货和客户不满意的挑战至关重要。正是这一挑战是这个博士学位的核心，并将导致在三个研究领域的交叉点开发新的运筹学方法：全渠道零售，报废产品管理和随机库存控制。新的方法和技巧将被提出来创建有效的库存控制策略。与Tesco移动的合作。

The management and control of stock in a business with integrated online and offline storefronts facing uncertainty in demand poses a great deal of operational challenges. Historically there has been much research into inventory control under uncertainty. However, inventory control at the end of sales life remains an under-researched area within the literature. In particular, the challenge of optimising stock levels to ensure remaining stock is sold before the end of sales life, as well as preventing stockouts and unsatisfied customers, is of vital importance. It is this challenge that lies at the heart of this PhD and will lead to development of novel operational research methodology at the intersection of three research areas: omnichannel retailing, end-of-life product management and stochastic inventory control. Novel methods and heuristics will be proposed to create effective inventory control policies. In partnership with Tesco Mobile.