Inventory and supply chain strategies [electronic resource] / Jing-Sheng (Jeanette) Song.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBusiness & management collection. Operations strategy: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2012Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (46 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Business logistics | Inventory control | Risk management | Supply and demandOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: What is a supply chain -- Role of inventory in supply chains -- Fundamental inventory control policies, concepts, and laws -- EOQ formula -- Newsvendor model -- Base-stock policy -- Reorder-point -- Order quantity policy -- ABC analysis -- Safety stock -- Inventory position -- Echelon stock -- Internal fill rate -- Basic principles for managing inventory to gain competitive advantage -- Risk pooling -- Risk sharing -- Information sharing -- Reallocation of decision rights -- Capacity and inventory tradeoffs -- Matching supply chain capability with product features -- Successful supply chain innovations -- Cross-docking -- Quick response -- Accurate response -- Vendor managed inventory -- Postponement -- Assemble-to-order -- Economies of scarcity.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.