Silver, Edward A. 1937-

Inventory and production management in supply chains / Edward R. Silver, University of Calgary (retired), Alberta, Canada, David F. Pyke, University of San Diego, California, USA, Douglas J. Thomas, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA. - Fourth Edition. - xxvii, 781 pages ; 26 cm

Revised edition of Inventory management and production planning and scheduling.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The importance of inventory management and production planning and scheduling -- Frameworks for inventory management and production planning and schedul-ing -- Forecasting models and techniques -- Order quantities with level demand -- Lot sizing with time-varying demand -- Individual items with probabilistic demand -- Managing the most important inventories -- Managing slow-moving and low-value (Class C) inventories -- Style goods and perishable items -- Coordinated replenishments at a single stocking point -- Multiechelon inventory management -- Coordinating inventory management in the supply chain -- An overall framework for production planning & scheduling -- Medium-range aggregate production planning -- Material requirements planning and its extensions -- Just-in-time, optimized production technology and short range pro-duction scheduling.

9781466558618 (hardback : alk. paper)

2016022678


Inventory control--Decision making.
Production planning--Decision making.

HD40 / .S55 2017

658.7/87