7 Fill Rate7.1 Service Level Definition7.2 Expected Unit Shorts7.3 Fill Rate Model7.4 Impact of Order Cycle Length7.5 Simulation7.6 Recap8 Cost and Service Level Optimization8.1 Profits and Losses8.2 (R,S) Policy8.3 (s,Q) Policy8.4 Simulation8.5 Recap9 Beyond Normality9.1 When Normality Fails9.2 Skewness9.3 Gamma Distribution9.4 Distribution Selection9.5 Impact on Inventory Policies9.6 Simulation9.7 Recap10 Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization10.1 Supply Chain Network Topology10.2 Local vs. Global Inventory Optimization10.3 Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization10.4 Serial Supply Chains Using GSM10.5 Simulation10.6 Distribution Supply Chains Using GSM10.7 A Brief History of the Guaranteed-Service Model10.8 Recap