The Inventory Toolkit

Geoff Relph has extensive experience in inventory and business systems management in the operational, consulting and academic sectors. He is an associate lecturer at the Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, UK, and delivers modules for the MSc Programme in the UK and internationally. Catherine Milner is a chartered engineer and project manager with experience working in aerospace, petrochemicals and telecommunications. She has managed many successful projects on electronic data exchange with customers, forecasting, MRP, supply chain management, and business process re-engineering. She is a managing consultant, and a visiting lecturer at the University of Warwick.

Chapter - 00: Introduction;
Chapter - 01: Introduction to inventory management;
Chapter - 02: Business systems and business;
Chapter - 03: Inventory balancing and control;
Chapter - 04: The complexity of inventory management within business systems;
Chapter - 05: Stack and flow inventories;
Chapter - 06: Traditional thinking in inventory optimization;
Chapter - 07: k-curve methodology;
Chapter - 08: The practical application of k-curve;
Chapter - 09: Case study examples of k-curve planning approach;
Chapter - 10: Review, summary and what to do next;
Chapter - 11: Appendix A;
Chapter - 12: Appendix B;
Chapter - 13: Appendix C;
Chapter - 14: Useful websites;
Chapter - 15: Index;