... (search conducted – October 2008). Stock control Forecasting Inventory management SKU classification Demand classification Production strategy In production and operations management, companies often have to deal with many different products, or stock keeping units (SKUs). Here, SKUs...

... provides a new perspective on stock control that brings theory into line with modern supply chain management concepts. Geoff Buxey can be contacted at: gbuxey@deakin.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Stock control Case studies Order systems Transportation Every...

... discusses experiences gained in case studies of practical stock control techniques. New concepts aimed to reduce the problem of slow moving parts are described, for example: suppliers leasing service parts; standardisation of parts for the group of machines in a factory or over a complete sector of industry...

... to dilute due‐date performance. Awards Benchmarking Organizational performance Manufacturing strategy Operations management Stock control Surveys United Kingdom Because of the complexity and diversity of manufacturing operations at plant level, questionnaire‐based survey methodology...

... will be satisfied. In a JIT environment we can expect this condition to hold as stockouts can have severe consequences like shutting down the production or the assembly line. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Just‐in‐time Safety stocks Service levels Stock control One of the important elements of Just...

... turnover Just‐in‐time Re‐order quantities Stock control Since the introduction of Harris′s EOQ model in 1915, many academic researchers and practising managers have become intrigued with developing and implementing effective inventory management systems. Hundreds of articles, such as those...

... University, 1986. 25. Collier, D.A., "Research Issues for Multi-level Lot Sizing in MRP Systems", Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 2 No. 2, 1982, p. 113. Investigating Dampening Procedures 43 © MCB UP Limited 1992 Inventory control MRP Stock control Organizational restructuring ...

... of the forecasting approach and the stock-control parameters that should lie at the program's heart. As this article has demonstrated, recent forecasting research has shown that new methods offer the potential for substantial improvements in accuracy, that methods must be chosen to match the data characteristics...

.... This model has certain advantages over the traditional methods. An illustration of how the model can be used to assist purchasing in the selection of suppliers is given. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Just‐in‐time Production management Supplier evaluation Purchasing Stock control Vendor Requirements...

... Stock control Strategy IJOPM 10,4 32 Received May 1989 Revised August 1989 Human Factors in the Implementation of Just-In-Time Production Nick Oliver Cardiff Business School, Cardiff It is not the latest gimmick, it is fundamental and when completed there can be no other improvement[1]. It's a balls...

... of material. Improved responsiveness by the supplier, and faster provision of accurate demand data by the customer, were shown to be key issues. Production management Just‐in‐time Supply Customers Stock control IJOPM 10,2 84 Issues in Setting up JIT Supply Alan Harrison and Christopher Voss Warwick...

...Andrew Wirth A recent British study has shown that stock control based on reorder level/cycle is the most commonly used operational research technique in manufacturing industry. However, a review of literature on the effect of inflation on reorder levels reveals that inconsistent results have been...

... Turnover” ratio as a control measure is discussed. An alternative, more pointed measure which could very readily be incorporated into a computer based stock control system,“The Life” of stock, where: Life = Stock in store/Usage over the last year is suggested, and its extension, “The Life Profile...

... Levels and Component Part Commonality", Management Science, Vol. 28 No. 11, 1982, pp. 1296-303. 4. Schrage, L.E., Linear, Integer and Quadratic Programming with LINDO, Scientific Press, Palo Alta, CA, 1984. © MCB UP Limited 1986 Product Mix Stock Control Theories Uncertainty ...