Periodic review inventory systems. (Q547469)

The study text deals with management of inventories with periodic review policies. It provides not only structural and behavioral aspects of periodic review inventory systems but it also investigates the corresponding analytical and optimization aspects in some special cases. Both general and highly specialized solution methods of inventory management problems in discrete time are described in the chapters 1. Introduction, 2. Concepts and definitions, 3. Literature overview, 4. Basic methods, 5. Replenishment process, and 6. Analysis and optimization. The text can be useful for students, practitioners and software developers dealing with problems of inventory management.