Inventory management : from warehouse to distribution center / J. David Viale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viale, J. David.

Series:

Fifty-Minute series.

A Fifty-Minute series book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inventory control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 p.)

Place of Publication:

Menlo Park, Calif. : Crisp Publications ; Lanham, MD : Distribution to the U.S. trade, National Book Network, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book contains a logistics approach to inventory management'from the warehouse through the distribution system, from the supplier to the customer.

Contents:

""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""TO THE READERS""; ""WHAT�S IN IT FOR YOU PERSONALLY?""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MODULE I Inventory Objectives and Policies""; ""WHAT IS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT?""; ""Why Management Inventory?""; ""THE FOUR OBJECTIVES OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT""; ""#1: Maximizing Customer Service""; ""#2: Maximizing the Efficiency of Purchasing and Production""; ""#3: Minimizing Inventory Investment""; ""#4; Maximizing Profit""; ""HANDLING CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES""; ""INVENTORY CATEGORIES""; ""TYPES OF INVENTORY""; ""Decoupling Inventory""

""Transportation (Pipeline) Inventory""""Anticipation Stock""; ""Hedging Stock""; ""SUMMARY""; ""EXERCISE 1: Match Game""; ""EXERCISE 2: Fill In the Blanks""; ""MODULE II Independent Demand Inventory Systems""; ""INVENTORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS""; ""INDEPENDENT DEMAND MODELS""; ""#1. Fixed Reorder CYCLE Inventory Model""; ""#2. Fixed Reorder QUANTITY Inventory Model""; ""Reorder Point with Safety Stock""; ""EXERCISE 1: Calculations""; ""#3. Optional Replenishment System""; ""#4. Joint Replenishment System""; ""Visual Review Systems""; ""Time-Phased Order Point (TPOP)""

""ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON INVENTORY MANAGEMENT""""ORDER CYCLES AND LEAD TIMES""; ""Summary""; ""EXERCISE 2: Choose the Correct Answer""; ""MODULE III Inventory Management Tools and Techniques""; ""FORECASTING AND DETERMINING INVENTORY LEVELS""; ""DETERMINING INVENTORY NEEDED""; ""The Role of Safety Stock""; ""ESSENTIAL CALCULATIONS (STANDARD DEVIATION)""; ""The Answer""; ""THE 80/20 RULE (ABC ANALYSIS)""; ""DETERMINING OTHER COSTS""; ""Ordering/Setup Cost""; ""Carrying Cost""; ""Storage Costs""; ""Stockout Costs""; ""Transportation Costs""; ""LOT SIZE AND SAFETY STOCK""

""Fixed Order Quantity""""Economic Order Quantity""; ""Economic Order Quantity""; ""Period Order Quantity""; ""Lot-for-Lot""; ""Periods of Supply""; ""Part-Period Balancing""; ""Wagner-Whitin Algorithm""; ""EXERCISE 1: Calculations""; ""EXERCISE 2: Fill In the Blanks""; ""EXERCISE 3: Choose the Correct Answer""; ""MODULE IV Inventory Management and Financial Analysis""; ""FINANCIAL CONTROL OF INVENTORY""; ""BALANCE SHEET BASICS""; ""Balance Sheet Components""; ""USEFUL TIPS FOR READING A BALANCE SHEET""; ""INCOME STATEMENT BASICS""; ""USEFUL TIPS FOR READING AN INCOME STATEMENT""

""EXERCISE 1: Observations""""THE BASIC MANUFACTURING EQUATION""; ""KEY FINANCIAL RATIOS""; ""EXERCISE 2: Calculating Ratios""; ""FINANCIAL EVALUATION CHECKLIST""; ""Balance Sheet""; ""Income Statement""; ""Other Issues""; ""IDENTIFYING SUPPLIERS WITH POTENTIAL CASH-FLOW PROBLEMS""; ""COSTED BILL OF MATERIALS""; ""Explanation of Cost Buildup Product F (1 unit)""; ""Questions to Ask When Reviewing a Costed Bill of Materials""; ""ALLOCATION OF FACTORY OVERHEAD AND ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING""; ""Inventory Valuation""; ""EXERCISE 3: Valuing Inventory""; ""EXERCISE 4: Choose the Correct Answer""

""MODULE V Physical Controls: The Warehouse Environment""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4175-2486-3

OCLC:

922967160