Inventory management : non-classical views / edited by Mohamad Y. Jaber.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A new inventory paradigm : conceptual basis and survey results / Attilla Chik.an -- Inventory management : some surprising news about classical views on inventory and some nonclassical responses to traditional practice / Linda G. Sprague and Marc J. Sardy -- Inventory planning to help the environment / Maurice Bonney -- Energy and inventories / Lucio Zavanella and Simone Zanoni -- Healthcare supply chain management / Peter Kelle ... [et al.] -- Inventory modeling for complex emergencies in humanitarian relief operations / Benita M. Beamon and Stephen A. Kotleba -- Seeing inventory as a queue / Gerry Frizelle -- Fuzzy inventory models / Alfred L. Guidffrida -- Modeling hidden costs of inventory systems / Mohamad Y. Jaber.