Inventory and Production Management in Supply Chains
The context and importance of inventory management and production planning The importance of inventory management and production planning and scheduling Frameworks for inventory management and production planning and schedul ing Forecasting models and techniques Replenishment systems for managing individual item inventories within a rm Order quantities with level demand Lot sizing with time varying demand Individual items with probabilistic demand Special classes of items Managing the most important inventories Managing slow moving and low value (Class C) inventories Style goods and perishable items Managing inventory across multiple locations and multiple rms Coordinated replenishments at a single stocking point Multiechelon inventory management Coordinating inventory management in the supply chain Production management An overall framework for production planning scheduling Medium range aggregate production planning Material requirements planning and its extensions Just in time, optimized production technology and short range pro duction scheduling Summary.