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  1. Optimising bin-driven used product take-back supply chain: A circular economy approach to ESG performance

    Article • Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review, September 2025, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  2. Cold chain optimisation models: A systematic literature review

    Article • Computers & Industrial Engineering, June 2025, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  3. Optimisation of retailer take-back of low and medium-value products for a circular economy

    Article • Computers & Industrial Engineering, March 2025, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  4. Used product acquisition, sorting and disposition for circular supply chains: Literature review and research directions

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, June 2023, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  5. An analytical model to characterize consumption and wastage of fresh fruit and vegetables in households

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, July 2022, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  6. Real-Time Labour Allocation in grocery stores: A simulation-based approach

    Article • Decision Support Systems, September 2019, Elsevier

    Shandong Mou, Professor David Robb

  7. Retail store operations: Literature review and research directions

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, March 2018, Elsevier

    Shandong Mou, Professor David Robb

  8. Accident rates and the impact of daylight saving time transitions

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  9. Recharge and consolidation decisions for stored value cards with an application to Beijing public transit

    Article • Journal of the Operational Research Society, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David Robb

  10. Geographical influences on Chinese inventory: an exploratory study

    Article • International Journal of Inventory Research, January 2014, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor David Robb

  11. Analysis and Management of Periodic Review, Order-Up-To Level Inventory Systems with Order Crossover

    Article • Production and Operations Management, September 2013, Wiley

    Professor David Robb

  12. Decision support for lead time and demand variability reduction

    Article • Omega, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  13. Inventory in mainland China: Historical, industry, and geographic perspectives

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, January 2012, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  14. Inventory performance under pack size constraints and spatially-correlated demand

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  15. Assessing forecast model performance in an ERP environment

    Article • Industrial Management, May 2008, Emerald

    Professor David Robb

  16. Supply chain and operations practice and performance in Chinese furniture manufacturing

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  17. Some insights regarding the optimal reorder period in periodic review inventory systems

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  18. Service failure, recovery and improvement: the case of a Chinese restaurant

    Article • International Journal of Services and Operations Management, January 2008, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor David Robb

  19. Foreword

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  20. Sharing shipment quantity information in the supply chain

    Article • Omega, October 2006, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  21. Erratum: Inventory management under date-terms supplier trade credit with stochastic demand and leadtime

    Article • Journal of the Operational Research Society, June 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David Robb

  22. Inventory management under date-terms supplier trade credit with stochastic demand and leadtime

    Article • Journal of the Operational Research Society, June 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David Robb

  23. A Survey of Manufacturing Strategy and Technology in the Chinese Furniture Industry

    Article • European Management Journal, August 2003, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  24. An improved heuristic for deciding on emergency transshipments

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, July 2003, Elsevier

    Dr. Stefan Minner, Professor David Robb

  25. Using composite moving averages to forecast sales

    Article • Journal of the Operational Research Society, November 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David Robb

  26. Manufacturing Technology and Operations in China:

    Article • European Management Journal, August 2002, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  27. A survey of manufacturing strategies in China-based enterprises

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, July 2001, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  28. Maximizing the number of mixed packages subject to variety constraints

    Article • Computers & Operations Research, November 1999, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  29. Inventory management with periodic ordering and minimum order quantities

    Article • Journal of the Operational Research Society, October 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David Robb

  30. Procurement of prescribed sizes: A Markovian approach

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, November 1993, Elsevier

    Professor David Robb

  31. Scheduling in a Management Context: Uncertain Processing Times and Non‐Regular Performance Measures*

    Article • Decision Sciences, November 1993, Wiley

    Professor David Robb

  32. RANDOM OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDUCED COST REPLENISHMENTS

    Article • IIE Transactions, March 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David Robb

  33. The “More for Less” Paradox in Distribution Models: An Intuitive Explanation

    Article • IIE Transactions, December 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David Robb

  34. Probability Density Functions of Task-processing Times for Deterministic, Time-varying Processor Efficiency

    Article • Journal of the Operational Research Society, November 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Professor David Robb