This course is one-week long.

• Assignment 1 25%
• Assignment 2 25%
• Daily activities 10%
• Final exam 40%

• See Inventory Mgmt and Control

• Details of the case study for assignment 1
• Due on Day 3, 25% of the final

• Details of the case study for assignment 2
• Due on Day 5, 25% of the final

We might use these throughout the course

• The Importance of Inventories
• Managing Inventory
• Inventory Counts

• Chapter 12 pages 468-474 — Operations Management¹⁾

Extras

• The Pareto Principle
• The Quadrant Model
• Inventory at Multiple Locations

• Chapter 12, p. 472 — OM
• Chapter 5, pp. 142-144 — Supply Chain Management²⁾
• Chapter 9, pp. 350-351 — SCM

Extras

• Stockout Costs
• Holding Costs
• Ordering Costs
• Setup Costs
• Minimizing Costs

• Chapter 12, pp. 478-480 — OM
• Chapter 9, pp. 303, 305-306 — SCM
• Chapter 8, p. 261 — SCM

Extras

• Dependent vs. Independent Demand
• Pull vs. Push
• Centralized / De-centralized
• Fixed Order Quantities
• Fixed Order Intervals
• Distribution Cost Trade-offs

• Chapter 2, p. 43 — SCM
• Chapter 3, p. 65 — SCM
• Chapter 6, p. 186 — SCM (p. 554 in OP)
• Chapter 7, p. 213 — SCM
• Chapter 9, pp. 313-315, 316, 325, and 332 — SCM
• Chapter 10, pp. 380-385 — SCM

Extras