Inventory Control

• Main Author: Axsäter, Sven (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 90
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Organization.; Planning.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.

The strategic importance of efficient Supply Chain Management is today fully recognized by top management. The total investment in inventories is enormous, and the control of capital tied up in raw material, work-in-progress, and finished goods offers an important potential for improvement. At the s...

Table of Contents:

• Forecasting
• Costs and Concepts
• Single-Echelon Systems: Deterministic Lot Sizing
• Single-Echelon Systems: Reorder Points
• Single-Echelon Systems: Integration - Optimality
• Coordinated Ordering
• Multi-Echelon Systems: Structures and Ordering Policies
• Multi-Echelon Systems: Lot Sizing
• Multi-Echelon Systems: Reorder Points
• Implementation.