Chapter 1: Introduction to Inventory 1
Chapter 2: Inventory Management
Fundamentals 9
Chapter 3: Inventory Control 31
Chapter 4: The Link Between Inventory Management and
Forecasting 69
Chapter 5: Discrete Event Simulation of Inventory
Processes 111
Chapter 6: Additional Inventory Management Processes and
Concepts 129
Chapter 7: Managing Supply Chain Inventory
Flows 155
Chapter 8: Inventory Performance
Measurement 175
Index 189
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Professor Matthew A. Waller is the Garrison Endowed Chair in
Supply Chain Management, Chair of the Department of Supply Chain
Management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the
University of Arkansas, and Chief Data Scientist at Orchestro. He
joined the Walton College in 1994. He is Coeditor-in-Chief of
Journal of Business Logistics, the leading academic journal in the
discipline. He is an inventor on the following patent: Waller, M.A.
and Dulaney, E. F. System, Method and Article of Manufacture to
Optimize Inventory and Merchandising Shelf Space Utilization,
Patent No. US 6,341,269 B1. Date of Patent: January 22, 2002. His
opinion pieces have appeared in Wall Street Journal Asia and
Financial Times. Dr. Waller is an SEC Academic Leadership Fellow.
His research has appeared in Journal of Business Logistics,
Production and Operations Management Journal, Journal of Operations
Management, Decision Sciences, International Journal of Logistics
Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of
the Operational Research Society, Transportation Journal, and
others. He received a B.S.B.A. summa cum laude from the University
of Missouri, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State
University.
Dr. Terry L. Esper is the Oren Harris Endowed Chair of
Logistics and Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the
Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. He also
serves as Executive Director of the Walton College Supply Chain
Management Research Center. Esper has been a faculty member at the
University of Tennessee, the University of San Francisco, and the
University of Verona (Italy). He has published several articles on
issues associated with supply chain relationships and strategic
supply chain management in leading academic and managerial outlets.
In addition to his current role at the Walton College, Esper is
also a member of the Education Strategies Committee for the Council
of Supply Chain Management Professionals, serves as an Educational
Advisor to the Health and Personal Care Logistics Conference, and
is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.
Esper received both an MBA in transportation and logistics and a
Ph.D. in marketing and logistics from the Walton College at the
University of Arkansas. Prior to his academic career, Esper worked
for Hallmark Cards as a Transportation Manager and for the Arkansas
State Highway and Transportation Department in their Research and
Statewide Planning Divisions. He is also a three-time recipient of
the Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship and a former Eno
Fellow.
Founded in 1963, the Council of Supply Chain Management
Professionals (CSCMP) is the preeminent worldwide professional
association dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of
research and knowledge on supply chain management. With more than
8,500 members representing nearly all industry sectors, government,
and academia from 67 countries, CSCMP members are the leading
practitioners and authorities in the fields of logistics and supply
chain management. The organization is led by an elected group of
global officers and is headquartered in Lombard, Illinois, USA.
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