Inventory Management

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Inventory Management
Leerdoelen	Upon completion of the course the student is able to: 1. analyze inventory management practices 2. apply inventory control models 3. design procedures to improve inventory management in practice
Omschrijving	The course provides the students with the necessary knowledge and skills to analyze, improve, design, and manage inventory systems. The topics that are discussed include inventory systems, performance measures, demand forecasting, inventory control policies, and policy improvement. In particular, there is an emphasis on applying inventory control models to improve performance.
Uren per week	4
Onderwijsvorm	-computer practicum,  -hoorcollege ,  -werkcollege (Lectures, computer practicals and tutorials)
Toetsvorm	-groepsopdracht,  -individuele opdracht,  -schriftelijk tentamen (open vragen) (Group assignment, individual exam with open questions.)
Vaksoort	master
Coördinator	Dr. O.A. Kilic
Docent(en)	Dr. O.A. Kilic , J.A. Lopez Alvarez, PhD.
Entreevoorwaarden	The students are expected to be familiar with basic inventory control concepts (e.g. economic order quantity, re-order point, order-up-to level, lead time demand, and safety stocks) that are covered in undergraduate and graduate courses in the fields of supply chain management and technology and operations management, building and solving (mixed-integer) linear optimization problems, basic statistics and stochastics, and spreadsheet modeling
Opmerkingen	Secretary: room 5411-0631, phone +31(0)50 3637020, email secr.operations.feb@rug.nl
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type Courses Exchange (MSc)  ( Courses Exchange Students (MSc) without limited access) 1 semester II b keuze DD MSc TOM – NUBS, Newcastle (1,5-jarig)  (basisprogramma) 1 semester II b keuzegroep MSc BA - Change Management  (keuzevakken MSc BA Change Management) 1 semester II b keuze MSc BA - Management Accounting and Control/MAC  (keuzevakken MSc BA MAC) 1 semester II b keuze MSc BA - Small Business & Entrepreneurship/SB&E  (keuzevakken MSc BA SB&E) 1 semester II b keuze MSc Human Resource Management/HRM  (keuzevakken B MSc HRM) 1 semester II b keuze MSc Supply Chain Management/SCM  (keuzevakken MSc SCM) 1 semester II b keuze MSc Technology and Operations Management/TOM  (basisprogramma MSc TOM) 1 semester II b keuzegroep