3.1 Decision Framework for Inventory Management3.2 Some Preliminary Modeling Issues3.2.1 Two Critical Tasks3.2.2 ABC Analysis3.3 Single-Item, Single-Period Problem: The Newsvendor3.3.1 Service Measures in Inventory Models3.3.2 Service Impact of Shortage Costs3.3.3 Safety Stock: A First Look3.4 Single-Item, Multi-Period Problems3.4.1 Continuous-Review: Reorder Point–Order Quantity Model3.4.2 Continuous-Review under Uncertainty3.4.3 Periodic-Review, Reorder-Point– Order-Up-To Models3.4.4 Other Periodic-Review Inventory Models3.4.5 Non-Stationary Demand: Distribution Requirements Planning3.5 Multi-Item Inventory Models3.6 Multi-Echelon Inventory Systems3.6.1 Centralized versus Decentralized Control3.6.2 Serial Supply Chain with Deterministic Demand and Fixed Ordering Costs3.6.3 Two-Stage Serial System under Decentralized Control3.6.4 Two-Stage Serial System under Centralized Control3.6.5 Serial Supply Chain with Stochastic Demand and Negligible Fixed Ordering Costs3.6.6 Serial Supply Chain with Fixed Costs and Stochastic Demand3.7 Summary and Further Readings3.7.1 Summary3.7.2 Further ReadingsAppendix: The Bullwhip EffectExercisesReferences