chain transform raw materials and components in a product that is delivered to the consumer or to the user. The inventory … influences the performance of the supply chain. Inventory contains the raw materials, the work in process and all the finished … products of a supply chain. The changes of the inventory policies can lead to a dramatic alteration of the supply chain …

Heuristics for optimizing the distribution of trading executions in investors’ accounts. There is no polynomial algorithm … heuristics. …