Inventory Management in Multi-Echelon Networks presents methods to plan inventory in distribution networks. By holistically looking at the supply chain, it shows how safety stocks across all echelons can be optimized if inventory of all levels is taken into consideration. The gap between the...

Section 1: Inventory models with trade credit financing for imperfect quality items -- Chapter 1. An economic production quantity (EPQ) inventory model for deteriorating item under two-level trade credit policy with allowable shortages -- Chapter 2. Deteriorating imperfect produce inventory for...