Demand-driven inventory optimization and replenishment
Subtitle: creating a more efficient supply chain
By: Robert A. Davis
Series: Wiley & SAS business series
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Hoboken, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781118584569
Subjects: Business logistics; Inventory control; Delivery of goods; Management; Customer services; Supply and demand; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
Description: "Use demand driven optimized inventory and replenishment to overcome your supply chain weaknesses, and deliver business-maximizing resultsReviewing the fundamentals of inventory optimization so that you can attain a demand-driven supply, Demand-Driven Inventory Optimization and Replenishment provides a business look at why present inventory systems sub-optimize the supply chain and faulty replenishment processes lead to wasted time and effort. Straightforward and clearly written, this book allowsreaders to come away with a good understanding of why optimized inventory and replenishment helps overcome in-system weaknesses and deliver results.  Discusses how multi-echelon inventory optimization and replenishment enables installed systems to go from a sequential, "islands of efficiency" approach to a systematic distribution system working as a complete network  Provides case studies throughout  Reveals how optimized inventory and replenishment delivers results across industry verticals  With a historical view of the three major supply chain efforts of the last thirty years, this book discusses mathematical shortcuts set up in the transitional and supply chain management systems that make it very difficult for companies to attain supply chain excellence"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.