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The Supply Chain Management Casebook: Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM
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The Supply Chain Management Casebook: Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM

by Chuck Munson
June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
7h 3m
English
Pearson
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Case 9. Multi-Echelon Inventory Decisions at Jefferson Plumbing Supplies: To Store or Not to Store?

Amit Eynan

Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, USA; aeynan@richmond.edu

It was 4:55 on Friday afternoon before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Richmond International Raceway (RIR), a ¾-mile D-shaped asphalt track that is known for its four 38-foot by 24-foot high-definition LED screens used to broadcast live race action. Alex Halek, Jefferson Plumbing Supplies’ Inventory Manager, was looking forward to spending the weekend at the race with two of his friends whom he had not seen since last year’s Sprint Cup. He returned to his office to read a few letters that were waiting on his desk before heading home to ...

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