... for diversification strategies and operations manager’s inventory control policies to achieve the strategic fit between corporate diversification and inventory management. Originality/value Product and international diversification strategies not only play an essential role in the firm’s competitive advantage...

... for all of the sub‐cases, making the research setting interesting for cross‐case analysis across supply chain type, complexity and seasonality. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Supply chain management Key performance indicators Inventory management Seasonal and non‐seasonal...

... management aims were found: inventory management, forecasting and production strategy. Within the method three decisions are identified to come to a classification: the characteristics, the classification technique and the operationalisation of the classes. Research limitations/implications Drawing...

... on these matters, we posed two research questions for this study: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Supply chain management Vendor relations Inventory management In a vendor‐managed inventory (VMI) program the supplier is responsible for making replenishment decisions on behalf...

.... (1983) and Williams (1984) . Inventory management Demand forecasting Spare parts Distribution management Demand for spare parts arises whenever a component fails or requires replacement, and as such it is different from that associated with a “typical” stock keeping unit (SKU) (Fortuin...

... a number of directions (e.g. to juxtapose the research findings in existing theories, to examine variations of the four “pure” inventory management approaches, or to consider the vantage point of the supplying firm rather than that of the buying firm) is encouraged. Practical implications...

..., make/buy, production scheduling, and inventory management. With this as background, we propose the construct “throughput orientation” to mean the implementation of the throughput concept. We formally define throughput orientation as follows: Throughput orientation is an organization‐wide focus...