...Min Choi; David D. Cho Purpose Many suppliers under traditional vendor-managed inventory (VMI) contracts are switching to scan-based trading (SBT), a hybrid model that combines VMI with consignment, by agreeing to retain ownership of their products stocked at retail stores until they are sold...

...Charu Chandra; Sameer Kumar The concept of taxonomy is applied to inventory management in a supply‐chain using the example of the US textile industry. Through classification and standardisation of issues related to inventory management problems, it is shown how inventory models and techniques can...

.... Furthermore, the measures exporters employ for monitoring purposes are not appropriately aligned with those logistics variables which UK retailers consider important. Reconfiguring the supply chain with respect to inventory location is found to be one means of improving perceived flexibility...

... the benefits which partnershipping can bring to supply chain management. Why do manufacturers and retailers want quick response partnerships, and what are their objectives? The idea is that by working together on a long-term basis, two trading partners may harmonize their order management and inventory...