Retail Analytics

Anna-Lena Sachs works as Assistant Professor for Supply Chain Management at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne. Her research focuses on inventory optimization for perishable products and behavioral operations management. Anna-Lena Sachs studied business administration at the University of Mannheim, Germany and completed her PhD at TUM School of Management.

• Introduction.- Literature Review.- Safety Stock Planning under Causal Demand Forecasting.- The Data-Driven Newsvendor with Censored Demand Observations.- Data-Driven Order Policies with Censored Demand and Substitution.- Empirical Newsvendor Decisions under a Service Contract.- Conclusions.