...Rashmi Ranjan Panigrahi; Avinash K. Shrivastava; Sai Sudhakar Nudurupati Purpose Effective inventory management is crucial for SMEs due to limited resources and higher risks like cash flow, storage space, and stockouts. Hence, the aim is to explore how technology and know-how can be integrated...

...Anannya Gogoi; Jagriti Srivastava; Rudra Sensarma Purpose While firms in developing countries are increasingly adopting lean practices of inventory management, there is limited evidence showing the impact of lean practices on firm performance in countries such as India. Lean practices improve...

... operation management and venture survival by exploring how financial constraints moderate the inventory productivity–survival linkage. Yingjie Shi is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: tju_syj@tom.com Inventory management Manufacturing industry Small- and medium-sized enterprises...

...Marcos Fabricio Machado; Daniel Pacheco Lacerda; Maria Isabel Wolf Motta Morandi; Luis Felipe Riehs Camargo; Aline Dresch Purpose The purpose of the present study is to identify and measure economically the losses related to inventory management in an oil refinery. Design/methodology/approach...

...Dimitrios P. Koumanakos Purpose Lean management is getting more and more attention in today's highly competitive environment. In this context, the aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that efficient (lean) inventory management leads to an improvement in a firm's financial performance...