This is a revision of a classic which integrates managerial issues with practical applications, providing a broad foundation for decision-making. It incorporates recent developments in inventory management, including Just-in-Time Management, Materials Requirement Planning, and Total Quality Management.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part. 1 The Context and Importance of Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling
Ch. 1 The Importance of Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling
Ch. 2 Strategic Issues
Ch. 3 Frameworks for Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling
Ch. 4 Forecasting

Part. 2 Traditional Replenishment Systems for Managing Individual-Item Inventories
Ch. 5 Order Quantities When Demand is Approximately Level
Ch. 6 Lot Sizing for Individual Items with Time-Varying Demand
Ch. 7 Individual Items with Probabilistic Demand

Part. 3 Special Classes of Items
Ch. 8 Managing the Most Important (Class A) Inventories
Ch. 9 Managing Routine (Class C) Inventories
Ch. 10 Style Goods and Perishable Items

Part. 4 The Complexities of Multiple Items and Multiple Locations
Ch. 11 Coordinated Replenishments at a Single Stocking Point
Ch. 12 Supply Chain Management and Multiechelon Inventories

Part. 5 Production Planning and Scheduling
Ch. 13 An Overall Framework for Production Planning and Scheduling
Ch. 14 Medium-Range Aggregate Production Planning
Ch. 15 Material Requirements Planning and its Extensions
Ch. 16 Just-in-Time and Optimized Production Technology
Ch. 17 Short-Range Production Scheduling
Ch. 18 Summary

App. A Elements of Lagrangian Optimization
App. B The Normal Probability Distribution
App. C
Author Index
Subject Index