Inventory Management - Non-Classical Views

Zusatztext Jaber has collected together a set of significant research articles. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in inventory control systems! especially to doctoral students and researchers..- Professor J. Lisboa! University of Coimbra! Portugal! writing in the International Journal of Production Research V. 48! N18! 2010 Informationen zum Autor Mohamad Y. Jaber Klappentext Classical inventory management focuses on cost minimization as a performance measure! where many cost parameters are difficult to estimate and inventory system costs are hidden. Constantly changing in response to international competition and new technology! inventory management requires a new family of performance measures that represent situations more realistically. Establishing the foundation for new areas of research! Inventory Management: Non-Classical Views focuses on the need to design inventory systems that serve as a means of flexibility! to develop performance measures other than cost to control inventory! and to view inventory as a contributor to customer value creation. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the need to design inventory systems that serve as a means of flexibility, to develop performance measures other than cost to control inventory, and to view inventory as a contributor to customer value creation. Inhaltsverzeichnis New Directions in Inventory Research. Inventory and the Environment. Modeling Hidden Costs of Inventory Systems: A Thermodynamics Approach. Fuzzy Inventory Models. Seeing Inventory as Queues. Healthcare Supply Chain Management.

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• Authors: Mohamad Y. Jaber, Mohamad Y. (Ryerson University Jaber
• Assisted by: Mohamad Y. Jaber (Editor), Mohamad Y. (Ryerson University Jaber (Editor), Jaber Mohamad Y. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2009
• EAN: 9781420079975
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-7997-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Systems Innovation Book Series; Systems Innovation Book Series
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