Domestic Supply vs Import

Inventory Management at various stages

Inventory Management Decisions

• When to order
  • Re-order point
  • Review frequency
• How much to order
  • Sales forecast
  • Lead time
  • On hand inventory and In-transit inventory
• Where to store
• Locating SKUs
• Allocation of items to the stores from different warehouses
• Shelf space allocation
  • impulse buying
  • inventory dependent demand
  • complementary vs substitution product

Multi-channel retailing

Omni-channel retailing