Uncertainty in Supply Chain Management can lead to unsuitable services to customers, but it can be overcome through having an emergency inventory. Due to high costs of inventory, a general inclination exists towards a minimum inventory. So, one of the objectives of Supply Chain Management is to coordinate all activities throughout the chain, so that simultaneously with reducing commodity invent...

In this paper, we propose an optimisation model to determine the product assortment, inventory replenishment, display area and shelf space allocation decisions that jointly maximize the retailer’s profit under shelf space and backroom storage constraints. The variety of products to be displayed in the retail store, their display locations within the store, their ordering quantities, and the all...

We investigate the strategic impact of flexible delivery frequencies on the competition of logistics service providers (LSPs) in a supply chain. LSPs compete for customers who choose an exclusive service provider based on their individual preference, prices and inventory costs. The service provider which offers the higher delivery frequency is more attractive to customers, because inventory hol...

discrete facility location,   distribution center,   logistics,   inventory policy,   queueing theory,   markov processes, the distribution center location problem is a crucial question for logistics decision makers. the optimization of these decisions needs careful attention to the fixed facility costs, inventory costs, transportation costs and customer responsiveness. in this paper we study t...

This article presents theoretical basis of spare parts inventory management in manufacturing company. Basis definitions, allocation and differences in spare parts inventory management were compared with other manufacturing inventories. The issue of spare parts inventory management is emphasized in aspect of maintaining continuity of production and generated costs of maintaining inventory.