Management Review ›› 2026, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 249-260.

• Operations and Supply Chain Management • Previous Articles    

Data-driven Decision-dependent Production Optimization

Wang Guitao1, Mao Yuchen1, Liu Tianqi2, Wang Shuming1   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190;
    2. School of Management and Engineering, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100070
  • Received:2023-10-07 Published:2026-04-11

Abstract: This paper investigates the joint optimization issue of product production and capacity for manufacturing enterprises in a data-driven context. A notable feature of this issue is that uncertain product demand depends on production decisions. Firstly, the paper utilizes statistical learning models to construct a prediction function for demand based on product decisions and exogenous covariates. Furthermore, based on this prediction model, a decision-dependent data-driven two-stage stochastic production optimization model is constructed. Additionally, in the case of a single production facility, the paper provides an analytical solution for the optimal capacity decision and a pseudo-polynomial time algorithm for solving the optimal production decision. In general cases, an equivalent reformulation of the model as a mixed-integer linear programming is given. Finally, numerical experiments based on real data validate the significance of incorporating decision-dependency modeling and prediction models in enhancing the quality of production decisions.

Key words: production optimization, two-stage stochastic programming, decision-dependent, data-driven, demand uncertainty