Transcription of Chapter 19 Inventory Theory - Unicamp
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Chapter 19 Inventory Theory - Unicamp
93519 Inventory Theory Sorry, we re out of that item. How often have you heard that during shopping trips? Inmany of these cases, what you have encountered are stores that aren t doing a very goodjob of managing their inventories(stocks of goods being held for future use or sale). Theyaren t placing orders to replenish inventories soon enough to avoid shortages. These storescould benefit from the kinds of techniques of scientific Inventory management that aredescribed in this isn t just retail stores that must manage inventories. In fact, inventories pervadethe business world. Maintaining inventories is necessary for any company dealing withphysical products, including manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. For example,manufacturers need inventories of the materials required to make their products.
ishing inventory, so we will use such terms as producing and ordering interchangeably. Both examples deal with one specific product (speakers for a certain kind of televi-sion set or a certain bicycle model). In most inventory models, just one product is being considered at a time. Except in Sec. 19.8, all the inventory models presented in this ...
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