{"id":2584,"date":"2026-08-06T18:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/?page_id=2584"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T22:36:38","slug":"non-profit-clothing-life-cycle-interactive-review-and-research-agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/projects\/supply-chain-risk-response-analysis-using-utility-functions\/non-profit-clothing-life-cycle-interactive-review-and-research-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Profit Clothing Life Cycle: Interactive Review and Research Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_x_elementToProof\">The clothing donation landscape has been impacted by the rise of fast fashion and changing demographics of clothing donors. However, operations within second-hand non-profit clothing retailers remain unsophisticated without up-to-date technology or significant operational experience. The impact of these evolutions has not yet been extensively explored from supply chain perspectives. By investigating the end-to-end operations of these charities (e.g., donation sources, inventory management practices,\u00a0 and the end-of-life pathways for unsold items), the research aims to develop an agenda for future research. The research methodology includes qualitative surveys and semi-structured interviews with donors and charity managers. <span>This work has been accepted for presentation at the national Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) conference in San Francisco, November 2026.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_x_elementToProof\">Researchers: Sri Wandanil Amelia\u00a0 and <span data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"markf3yzujrxm\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-ogsbtc=\"\" data-ogsbrc=\"\" data-ogsbbc=\"\" data-ogsblc=\"\">Aigerim<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span>Zholmyrza<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clothing donation landscape has been impacted by the rise of fast fashion and changing demographics of clothing donors. However, operations within second-hand non-profit clothing retailers remain unsophisticated without up-to-date technology or significant operational experience. The impact of these evolutions has not yet been extensively explored from supply chain perspectives. By investigating the end-to-end operations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18076,"featured_media":0,"parent":1801,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2584\/revisions\/2585"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/met-dslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}