FULLY SOLVED BOOK LASY 5 YEARS PAPERS SOLVED PLUS GUESS

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 9
Inventory in SCM, Cash to cash cycle time, measure of inventory in terms of days, Inventory turnover
ratio and its relationship with working capital, Review of models, Q-models and P-models Aggregation
of Inventory, Cycle stock concepts, Ordering multiple items in a single order to reduce cycle stock
UNIT II INVENTORY MODELS 9
Safety stock issues Safety stock with lead time and demand uncertainty (for Q-models), Short term
discounting & Forward Buying, Periodic review models with safety stock, Comparison of P and Q
systems
UNIT III INVENTORY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES 9
Single period models, Inventory management for fashion supply chains, Postponement strategies to
reduce inventory, Examples of Fashion supply chains: NFL Reebok, ZARA and Sport Obermeyor Risk
Pooling, Applications, Risk pooling in different forms-Substitution, Specialisation, Postponement and
Information pooling
UNIT IV INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION 9
Distribution resource planning techniques, Inventory and transportation integration decisions, Vendor
Managed Inventory, Product availability measures, Product fill rate, order fill rate, Cycle service level.
UNIT V LATEST TRENDS IN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 9
Industry initiatives, Efficient consumer Response and Quick response ,CPFR and other industry
initiatives, Inventory reduction strategies, Managing inventory in Reverse Logistics and
Remanufacturing situations , Best practices in Inventory Management in a Supply Chain