Approaches for Integrating Inventory with Other Supply Chain Decisions

Supply chain managers in a growing number of companies are using optimization models to support factbased decision-making. Such models assist them in making better decisions about sourcing, manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, customer service, and inventory management across the geographically dispersed facilities and markets of their companies' supply chains. Imbedded in easy-to-use systems, optimization models have helped many companies identify plans with significantly reduced supply chain costs.