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Inventory Control in Theory and Practice

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I. Current emphasis on inventory control, 502. — II. The calculation of economic purchase quantities and reorder points, 503. — III. The interaction of economical purchase quantities and reorder point quantities, 508. — IV. Analysis of inventory control problems for style goods, 513. — V. The relationship between inventory control analysis, businessmen's behavior, and economic theory, 517.

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  • T. M. Whitin, 1952. "Inventory Control in Theory and Practice," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 66(4), pages 502-521.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:66:y:1952:i:4:p:502-521.
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    1. Andre Roncaglia De Carvalho, 2016. "Anticipations Of The Kaldor-Pazos-Simonsen Mechanism," Anais do XLIII Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 43rd Brazilian Economics Meeting] 008, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics].
    2. Richard Kum-yew Lai, 2005. "Inventory and the Stock Market," Finance 0509006, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Walter Y. Oi, 1992. "Productivity in the Distributive Trades: The Shopper and the Economies of Massed Reserves," NBER Chapters, in: Output Measurement in the Service Sectors, pages 161-193, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. anonymous, 2006. "The MSOM Society Student Paper Competition: Extended Abstracts of 2005 Winners," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS, vol. 8(1), pages 98-117.

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