In-store replenishment procedures for perishable inventory in a retail environment with handling costs and storage constraints

At grocery retailers, customers prefer to withdraw the newest instead of the older erishable products that are displayed on shelves. To reduce the substantial cost of outdating caused by this withdrawal behavior, we suggest a procedure that limits the number of batches on the shelf with the same product lifetime to one. The remaining inventory is stored in the backroom, where we assume to have ample storage capacity. We show that for products with large available shelf space, short product lifetimes, expensive outdating, and low handling cost this procedure leads to substantial cost reductions compared with in-store replenishment procedures that do not take into account the withdrawal behaviour of the customers and the storage capacity of the shelf

Student teachers' motives for participating in the teacher training program: A qualitative comparison between continuing students and switch students

Item does not contain fulltextOver the last few decades, the Netherlands has been experiencing that numerous student teachers (i.e., pre-service teachers) leave teacher training after a short period of time. To address this attrition problem the current study aimed to gain insight into student teachers' motives for enrolling, continuing or withdrawing from a primary teacher education program, and compare these motives between continuing students and switch students before and after their enrolment. Twenty-two Dutch student teachers (continuing students: N = 10; 70.0% females, Mage = 20.00, switch students: N = 12; 66.7% females, Mage = 20.83) participated in this interview study. Several motives regarding the teacher education program were identified. Both groups primarily cited intrinsic motives for enrolling in the program. Disappointment in the profession, as well as content of the program and difficulty level of the program, were the main motives to leave. Enthusiasm about the profession and the social environment were the primary motives to continue in the program.25 p

Promising Clinical Results of the Universal Total Wrist Prosthesis in Rheumatoid Arthritis

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of the Universal Total Wrist prosthesis