Inventory Control and Management
Donald Waters
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Paperback. Holding stock is expensive - problems of inventory control almost universal. Over the past decade organisations have been trying to improve customer service while lowering stocks and increasing the speed of material flow through their supply chains. This completely updated new edition reviews current thinking on inventory management. Num Pages: 406 pages, index. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
Holding stock is expensive – problems of inventory control almost universal. Over the past decade organisations have been trying to improve customer service while lowering stocks and increasing the speed of material flow through their supply chains. This completely updated new edition reviews current thinking on inventory management. It emphasises the growth of e-commerce, and the trend away from classical models based on economic order quantities and towards dependent demand systems.
Holding stock is expensive – problems of inventory control almost universal. Over the past decade organisations have been trying to improve customer service while lowering stocks and increasing the speed of material flow through their supply chains. This completely updated new edition reviews current thinking on inventory management. It emphasises the growth of e-commerce, and the trend away from classical models based on economic order quantities and towards dependent demand systems.
The author sets inventory management in its broader context, discussing the important trends and pressures for change. The main approaches are discussed and evaluated, giving the reader a ... Read more
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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
406
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470858769
SKU
V9780470858769
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Donald Waters
Donald Waters has degrees from the Universities of Sussex, London and Strathclyde. He worked for a variety of organizations in the UK before moving to Canada to become Professor of Operations Management at the University of Calgary. In 1997 he returned to the UK to become Chief Executive of Richmond, Parkes and Wright, whose main interests are in management research, ... Read more
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