Empirical evidence shows that profitability does not always rise when lean management
(LM) is implemented. This paper reviews the literature that has empirically analysed how LM …

Efficient management of inventories is essential for both retailers and wholesalers. Two
disciplines which have extensively studied retail and wholesale (R&W) inventories are …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the customer–service provider relationship in the
insurance industry using artificial neural networks and linear regression. Using a sample of …

What is the link between customer‐base concentration and inventory efficiencies in the
manufacturing sector? Using hand‐collected data from 10‐K Filings, we find that …

This paper adds to the empirical inventory management literature by examining the
moderating effects of environmental dynamism on the relationship between inventory …

Retail inventories have been consistently dropping, relative to sales, since the 1990s.
Whether these lean inventory developments translate to better retailer operational …

Existing evidence regarding inventory-performance relationship is inconclusive. A
perspective that this paper stresses in considering this relationship is that it might depend on …

Firm-level sales forecasts for retailers can be improved if we incorporate cost of goods sold,
inventory, and gross margin (defined by us as the ratio of sales to cost of goods sold) as …

In this study we investigate the determinants of inventory turnover. The study is based on an
econometric analysis of inventory behaviour using an inventory turnover model. The …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of demand uncertainty on
inventory turnover performance through empirical modeling. In particular the authors use the …