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Disequilibrium Dynamics with Inventories and Anticipatory Price-Setting

By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont

2007
Other Unpublished Work

Effects of Inventory on Demand for Rentals in the Home Video Market

By: Ioannis Ioannou, Julie Mortimer and Richard Mortimer

Retailer inventory decisions can greatly influence observed demand for a product by affecting, among other things, product availability (stock-outs) and product visibility in the store. These inventory decisions are affected by numerous factors including vertical... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain Management; Competition; Contracts; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States

August 1996
Case

Eagle Tools, Inc.: Audit Tests of Year-End Inventories When Physical Inventory Is Taken at an Interim Date

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Accounting Audits

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2016
Working Paper

The Impact of Supplier Inventory Service Level on Retailer Demand

By: Nathan Craig, Nicole DeHoratius and Ananth Raman

To set inventory service levels, suppliers must understand how changes in inventory service level affect demand. We build on prior research, which uses analytical models and laboratory experiments to study the impact of a supplier's service level on demand from... View Details

Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Forecasting and Prediction; Learning; Consumer Behavior; Service Delivery; Performance Expectations; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Service Industry

September – October 2010
Article

The Effect of Product Variety and Inventory Levels on Retail Sales: A Longitudinal Study

By: Zeynep Ton and Ananth Raman

We examine the effects of product variety and inventory levels on store sales. Using four years of data from stores of a large retailer, we show that increases in product variety and inventory levels are both associated with higher sales. We also show that increasing... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Logistics; Product; Quality; Sales; Retail Industry

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2013
Working Paper

Inventory Management with Purchase Order Errors and Rework

By: Nathan Craig, Nicole DeHoratius, Yan Jiang and Diego Klabjan

March 1970
Journal Article

A Dynamic Inventory Model with Stochastic Lead Times

By: Robert S. Kaplan

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1 Apr 1989
Conference Presentation

Assessing the Environment for Creativity: The Work Environment Inventory

By: Teresa M. Amabile and N. Gryskiewicz

Keywords: Creativity; Working Conditions

April 1995 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

L.L. Bean, Inc.: Item Forecasting and Inventory Management TN

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-893-003). View Details

November–December 2000
Article

Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing

By: F.H. Abernathy, J.T. Dunlop, J. Hammond and D. Weil

Keywords: Assets; Sales

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June 2010
Supplement

Scientific Glass Incorporated: Inventory Management, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and William Schmidt

August 1988
Background Note

Note on Inventory Risk and Soft Goods Merchandising

By: John A. Quelch

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February 2005
Article

An Econometric Analysis of Inventory Turnover Performance in Retail Services

By: Vishal Gaur, Marshall L. Fisher and Ananth Raman

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Assets; Performance; Sales; Retail Industry

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December 2000
Article

Information and Incentive Effects of Inventory in JIT Production

By: M. Alles, A. Amershi, S. Datar and R. Sarkar

Keywords: Information; Innovation and Invention; Production

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July 1974 (Revised November 1976)
Case

Xerox Corp. Distribution System (A): Consolidation of Regional Inventory

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September 2023 (Revised February 2024)
Case

Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs' Growth

As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. Their task at hand? To predict the demand for their product in the coming season, determine the appropriate investments in working... View Details

Keywords: Inventory; Working Capital; Forecasting and Prediction; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Financing and Loans; Apparel and Accessories Industry

Research Summary

The Effects of Firm Size and Sales Growth Rate on Inventory Turnover Performance in the U.S. Retail Sector

We review and extend recent academic literature on the inventory turnover performance of public-listed U.S. retailers using firm-level financial data. Past research has shown that there is a large variation in the inventory turnover performance of retailers across... View Details

2011
Case

Scientific Glass, Inc.: Inventory Management: Brief Case No. 4208.

By: Steven Wheelwright and William Schmidt

Keywords: Management; Manufacturing Industry

2007
Working Paper

Incorporating Price and Inventory Endogeneity in Firm-Level Sales Forecasting

By: Saravanan Kesavan, Vishal Gaur and Ananth Raman

August 2021 (Revised November 2023)
Supplement

Coats: Supply Chain Challenges

By: Willy C. Shih

Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour... View Details

Keywords: Inventory Management; Supply Chain; Inventory; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia

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