IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/inm/orinte/v15y1985i1p34-52.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Blue Bell Trims its Inventory

Author

Listed:
  • Jerry R. Edwards

    (Blue Bell, Incorporated P. O. Box 21488, 335 Church Court, Greensboro, North Carolina 27420)

  • Harvey M. Wagner

    (School of Business Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514)

  • William P. Wood

    (1300 Norwood Tower, 114 West Seventh Street, Austin, Texas 78701)

Abstract

Within 21 months Blue Bell reduced its inventory by more than 31 percent, from 371 to 256 million dollars, with no decrease in sales or services by applying management science models. A combination of innovative problem solving and enthusiastic management support ensured success. Many of the models are standard, but a new marker design and selection model makes the systems approach practical. Management paid close attention to systems development and provided resources that enhanced the effectiveness of the project.

Suggested Citation

  • Jerry R. Edwards & Harvey M. Wagner & William P. Wood, 1985. "Blue Bell Trims its Inventory," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 15(1), pages 34-52, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:15:y:1985:i:1:p:34-52
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.15.1.34
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/inte.15.1.34
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1287/inte.15.1.34?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Buxey, Geoff, 2003. "Strategy not tactics drives aggregate planning," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(3), pages 331-346, September.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:15:y:1985:i:1:p:34-52. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Asher (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/inforea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.