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Inventory Management Under Demand Uncertainty

In: Supply Chain Analytics

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  • Işık Biçer

    (York University)

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Effective inventory management is crucial to long-term profitability of organizations. Companies that manage their inventories effectively can substantially improve their operating margins and gain a competitive edge in their industries. We elaborate on inventory management theories under demand uncertainty in this chapter. We first focus on inventory problems that have analytical solutions. One key message of this chapter is that decision-makers can find optimal or near-optimal solutions intuitively by applying marginal analysis without using exhaustive derivations. We also discuss how the assumptions on which analytical results are based are often violated in practice. We conclude the chapter with the Monte Carlo simulation, which has proven to be effective in solving complex supply chain problems when no analytical solution exists.

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  • Işık Biçer, 2023. "Inventory Management Under Demand Uncertainty," Springer Texts in Business and Economics, in: Supply Chain Analytics, chapter 0, pages 75-120, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sptchp:978-3-031-30347-0_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30347-0_3
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