1 1 revenue management dealing with uncertainty john h. vande vate spring 2006
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
11
Revenue ManagementDealing with Uncertainty
John H. Vande Vate
Spring 2006
![Page 2: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
22
Background
• Design and production of fashion apparel items start many months before the selling season
• Distribution of the product from manufacturing sites takes several weeks
• The selling season lasts a few weeks (13-15 weeks)
![Page 3: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
33
Consequences
• Limited information about demand
• One opportunity to order
• Shortages mean lost sales
• Discounting to sell inventory
• Excess sold to discounters at end of season
![Page 4: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
44
The Bottom LineMarkdowns as % of Sales
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
![Page 5: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
55
Try Your Hand
• Some items are– Dogs – they just won’t sell– Hotcakes – can’t get enough– Everything in between
• You don’t know till the season starts
![Page 6: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
66
Your challenge• Start with 2,000 units in inventory
• Full Retail Price $60
• Discount Options 10%, 20% and 40% off
• Salvage Value of $25 (over 58% off)
• 15 week selling season
• No restocking, Can’t raise price
• Must sell at full price for the first week, can increase the discount each week after that
• Maximize your revenue
![Page 7: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
77
Click on (re) Start to start selling
Sales that weekAverge weekly sales at current price
Projected sales for the season if this rate continues
Revenue to dateProjected revenues if you continue to sell at this price and at this rate and salvage what remains
Remaining Inventory
![Page 8: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
88
How to Play
![Page 9: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
99
Retail.xls• Histories of 15 items
Qty onItem Week hand Price Sales
1 1 2000 60 572 1943 60 983 1845 60 554 1790 60 415 1749 60 606 1689 60 397 1650 54 1068 1544 54 559 1489 54 64
10 1425 54 4311 1382 54 13112 1251 54 11213 1139 54 6214 1077 54 3115 1046 54 8016 966
![Page 10: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
1010
Discussion
• What are the trade-offs?
• What information do you need?
• How to estimate that information?
• How to use the estimates?
![Page 11: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
1111
Qty on
Item Week hand Price Sales Average PriceEst. Avg. Sales
1 1 2000 60$ 75 Full Price 60$ 107.32 1925 60$ 138 10% 54$ 113.03 1787 60$ 109 20% 48$ 223.34 1678 54$ 117 40% 36$ 2235 1561 54$ 1416 1420 54$ 817 1339 48$ 3048 1035 48$ 2189 817 48$ 148
10 669 36$ 29911 370 36$ 29012 80 36$ 8013 014 015 016 0
Average of these is 107.3
Item Week hand Price Sales1 1 2000 60$ 75
2 1925 60$ 1383 1787 60$ 109
Estimating Sales at Discount
Item Week hand Price Sales1 1 2000 60$ 75
2 1925 60$ 1383 1787 60$ 1094 1678 54$ 1175 1561 54$ 1416 1420 54$ 81
Average of these is 113.0
Item Week hand Price Sales1 1 2000 60$ 75
2 1925 60$ 1383 1787 60$ 1094 1678 54$ 1175 1561 54$ 1416 1420 54$ 817 1339 48$ 3048 1035 48$ 2189 817 48$ 148
Average of these is 223.3
Qty on
Item Week hand Price Sales1 1 2000 60$ 75
2 1925 60$ 138
9 817 48$ 14810 669 36$ 29911 370 36$ 29012 80 36$ 8013 014 015 016 0
Average of these is 223
Why lower sales?
![Page 12: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
1212
Refining the Estimate
• Sales influenced by stock on hand
Qty on
Item Week hand Price Sales Average PriceEst. Avg. Sales
1 1 2000 60$ 75 Full Price 60$ 107.32 1925 60$ 138 10% 54$ 113.03 1787 60$ 109 20% 48$ 223.34 1678 54$ 117 40% 36$ 2235 1561 54$ 1416 1420 54$ 817 1339 48$ 3048 1035 48$ 2189 817 48$ 148
10 669 36$ 29911 370 36$ 29012 80 36$ 8013 014 015 016 0
X
X
Sales, not demand!
(290 + 299)/2 = 294.5
![Page 13: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
1313
Sales Rates
Item Full Price 10% 20% 40%1 58.33 76.00 - - 2 107.67 144.00 - - 3 59.33 82.33 - - 4 61.17 77.89 - - 5 92.50 113.67 - - 6 114.14 - 209.40 - 7 67.43 - 119.63 - 8 53.00 - 96.75 - 9 73.71 - 131.88 -
10 67.29 - 97.13 - 11 100.44 - - 264.25 12 64.11 - - 188.50 13 65.56 - - 196.67 14 61.44 - - 164.00 15 62.33 - - 175.00 16 107.33 113.00 223.33 294.50
Mean 75.99 101.15 146.35 213.82 Std Dev 20.74 27.06 56.05 52.87
Sales Rates
Full Price 10% 20% 40%Mean 75.99 101.15 146.35 213.82 Std Dev 20.74 27.06 56.05 52.87
Sales Rates
Dog
Hotcakes
Better Idea?!
![Page 14: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
1414
Relative Sales RatesItem Full Price 10% 20% 40%
1 1 1.30 - - 2 1 1.34 - - 3 1 1.39 - - 4 1 1.27 - - 5 1 1.23 - - 6 1 - 1.83 - 7 1 - 1.77 - 8 1 - 1.83 - 9 1 - 1.79 -
10 1 - 1.44 - 11 1 - - 2.63 12 1 - - 2.94 13 1 - - 3.00 14 1 - - 2.67 15 1 - - 2.81
Mean 1 1.31 1.73 2.81 Std Dev - 0.06 0.16 0.16
Ratio of Sales Rates
Full Price 10% 20% 40%Mean 1 1.31 1.73 2.81
Std Dev - 0.06 0.16 0.16
A discount of 10% lifts weekly sales by 31%
![Page 15: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
1515
What to do with Info?• Given initial sales data, how many weeks to sell at each
discount?
![Page 16: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
1616
Variables
• How many weeks to sell at each price
• What about the order?!
• How much to salvage?
![Page 17: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
1717
Constraints
• Total Weeks Weeks in the Season
• Total Sales and Salvage = Initial Inventory
• And?
![Page 18: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
1818
A ModelInitial Weekly Rate 90
Full Price 10% off 20% off 40% off Salvage
Price 60.00$ 54.00$ 48.00$ 36.00$ 25.00$ Sales Lift 1 1.31 1.73 2.81
Salvage Total
Weeks at 1.00 7.12 6.88 - 15.00 Sales 90.00 837.45 1,072.55 - - 2,000.00
Salvage Revenue
Total Revenue
Revenues 5,400$ 45,222$ 51,482$ -$ -$ 102,105$
![Page 19: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
1919
How Many Prices?
• Ignore period 1
• At most 2 prices (including salvage)
• Why?
• Two constraints - two basic variables
![Page 20: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
2020
Two Constraints• P = Average Sales Rate at Full Price• x[price] = Weeks we sell at price• S = Units we salvagemax P*(60x[60] + 54*1.31x[54] + 48*1.73x[48] + 36*2.81x[36] ) + 25Ss.t. x[60] + x[54] + x[48] + x[36] 15s.t. P*(x[60] + 1.31x[54] + 1.73x[48] + 2.81x[36]) + S = 2000s.t. x[60] 1 (This is a bound. Like x[54] 0) non-negativity
![Page 21: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
2121
Strategies• Average Sales at Full Price
• < 80/wk 20% off & Salvage
• 80-103/wk 10% off & 20% off
• 104-133/wk Full Price & 10% off
• >133/wk Full Price
• Where are the greatest errors?
• Why?
![Page 22: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
2222
What about 40% off?
• Would it ever be wise to discount by 40%
![Page 23: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
2323
Why Not 40% Off?• Two Cases: Salvage and No Salvage
– No Salvage means the lift in sales doesn’t help
• We Salvage:– Weekly Revenue Rate at 20% discount
• $48*1.73*P = 83.04*P
– Weekly Revenue Rate at 40% discount• $36*2.81*P = 101.16*P
Something is wrong with this reasoning!
![Page 24: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
2424
Lost Salvage Value• We Salvage:
– Revenue Rate over salvage at 20% discount • ($48 - $25)*1.73*P = 39.79*P
– Revenue Rate over salvage at 40% discount• ($36 - $25)*2.81*P = 30.91*P
– 40% is not competitive
![Page 25: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
2525
Summary• Use optimization to improve decision
making even under uncertainty
• Even if it is only as good, it is automatic.
• Insights into strategy – Ignore period 1
• One Price and salvage
• Two prices and no salvage
![Page 26: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
2626
A Parametric Model• Rescale Sales volumes to units of Initial
Weekly Sales (Rate)• Initial Inventory becomes 2000/Rate• Rescale Revenues by dividing by Initial
Weekly Sales • Only RHS of Inventory Constraint depends
on Rate• Use Sensitivity Analysis
![Page 27: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
2727
Parametric Model• R = Average Sales Rate at Full Price• x[price] = Weeks we sell at price• S = Units we salvage/R max 60x[60] + 54*1.31x[54] + 48*1.73x[48] + 36*2.81x[36] + 25Ss.t. x[60] + x[54] + x[48] + x[36] 15s.t. x[60] + 1.31x[54] + 1.73x[48] + 2.81x[36] + S = 2000/Rs.t. x[60] 1 non-negativity
![Page 28: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
2828
Parametric StudyInitial Weekly Rate Initial Inv./Initial Weekly Rate 1.00 2000
Full Price 10% off 20% off 40% off SalvagePrice $ 60.00 $ 54.00 $ 48.00 $36.00 $25.00 Sales 1 1.31 1.73 2.81 Weeks of sales at each price Total
1.00 0.62 13.38 - 15 Sales and Salvage in Units of Weeks at Full Price Total 1.00 0.81 23.19 - - 25.00
Revenues/ Initial Weekly Rate Total $ 60 $ 44 $ 1,113 $ - $ - $1,217
![Page 29: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
29 29
Using Sensitivity Analysis
• Strategy: – 1 week at full price– 14 weeks at 20% off– Salvage what’s left
ConstraintsFinal Shadow Constraint Allowable Allowable
Cell Name Value Price R.H. Side Increase Decrease$H$7 Weeks at Total15.00 39.87 15 1139.279735 14$H$8 Sales in Weeks at Full Price Total2,000.00 25.00 2000 1E+30 1974.733554
The basis (strategy) remains the same until we decrease the RHS of the Inventory Constraint by 1974.73
What increase in sales rate will decrease the Initial Inventory by 1974.73?
![Page 30: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
3030
When to Switch Strategies
• Current Inventory 2000/Current Rate
• Find New Rate that decreases this by 1974.73
2000/Current Rate – 2000/New Rate = 1974.73
New Rate = 2000/(2000/Current – 1974.73)
= 79.16 What will happen at this rate to force a change in strategy?
![Page 31: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
3131
Parametric StudyInitial Weekly Rate Initial Inv./Initial Weekly Rate 1.00 2000
Full Price 10% off 20% off 40% off SalvagePrice $ 60.00 $ 54.00 $ 48.00 $36.00 $25.00 Sales 1 1.31 1.73 2.81 Weeks of sales at each price Total
1.00 0.62 13.38 - 15 Sales and Salvage in Units of Weeks at Full Price Total 1.00 0.81 23.19 - - 25.00
Revenues/ Initial Weekly Rate Total $ 60 $ 44 $ 1,113 $ - $ - $1,217
![Page 32: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
3232
Summary
• One cause of uncertainty is a long supply chain (recall BMW case study)
• Retailers use discounts to buffer the risk
• Data and models can help
• Read about techniques for shortening the supply chain
![Page 33: 1 1 Revenue Management Dealing with Uncertainty John H. Vande Vate Spring 2006](https://reader038.vdocument.in/reader038/viewer/2022110103/56649ea05503460f94ba29e0/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
3333
Next Time
• Stocking Strategies
• Safety Stock
• Safety Lead Time