February 2021: Learn about the Top 3 Inventory Control Policies

by Xabier Lizartzategi | Feb 3, 2021

Top 3 Inventory Control Policies Epicor EUG WEBINAR

Smart Software is pleased to introduce our new series of educational webinars, offered exclusively for Epicor Users. In this webinar Dr Thomas R. Willemain, Ph.D., SVP Research and Professor Emeritus at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, defines and compares the three most used inventory control policies. These policies are divided into two groups, periodic review and continuous review. With a better understanding of these policies, you will able to wield your inventory assets more effectively. Tom will explain each policy, how they are used in practice and the pros and cons of each approach.

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Dr. Thomas Reed Willemain is Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, having previously held faculty positions at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is co-founder and Senior Vice President/Research at Smart Software, Inc. He also served as an Expert Statistical Consultant to the National Security Agency (NSA) at Ft. Meade, MD and as a member of the Adjunct Research Staff at an affiliated think-tank, the Institute for Defense Analyses Center for Computing Sciences (IDA/CCS). Willemain received the BSE degree (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Princeton University and the MS and PhD degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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