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Supply Chain Management
book

Supply Chain Management

by Vinod V. Sople
August 2011
Intermediate to advanced
556 pages
19h 45m
English
Pearson India
Content preview from Supply Chain Management

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Inventory Management

“Its easy to turn cash into inventory… the challenge is to turn inventory back”

 

 

—Jon Schreibfeder1

Chapter Objectives

To understand:

  • Role of inventory in supply chain
  • Inventory classification and functions
  • Inventory-related costs and risk pooling
  • Managing inventory
  • Inventory policy guidelines

 

Inventory Planning

 

Inventory Planning

 

Inventory levels are affected by the level of customer service, demand variations and flexibility in business operations. Hence, managing the inventory is the most important function of supply chain to achieve trade-off between cost and customer service. Inventory decisions fall in high risk areas ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9788131760994