Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling

THE CONTEXT AND IMPORTANCE OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING. The Importance of Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling. Strategic Issues. Frameworks for Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling. Forecasting. TRADITIONAL REPLENISHMENT SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING INDIVIDUAL-ITEM INVENTORIES. Order Quantities When Demand is Approximately Level. Lot Sizing for Individual Items with Time-Varying Demand. Individual Items with Probabilistic Demand. SPECIAL CLASSES OF ITEMS. Managing the Most Important (Class A) Inventories. Managing Routine (Class C) Inventories. Style Goods and Perishable Items. THE COMPLEXITIES OF MULTIPLE ITEMS AND MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. Coorinated Replenishments at a Single Stocking Point. Supply Chain Management and Multiechelon Inventories. PRODUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING. An Overall Framework for Production Planning and Scheduling. Medium-Range Aggregate Production Planning. Material Requirements Planning and its Extensions. Just-in-Time and Optimized Production Technology. Short-Range Production Scheduling. Summary. Appendices. Indexes.