Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781285869681
Author: Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 16, Problem 10DQ

The chapter presented various approaches for the control of inventory investment. Discuss three additional approaches not included that might involve supply chain managers.

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