Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an original model for the production-recycling-reuse of plastic beverage bottles. Design/methodology/approach – It is assumed that discarded two-liter plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are collected from the market. The bottles...

The inventory carrying cost has been assumed uniform for all products in an organization or a warehouse. This assumption is not valid for a diversified range of items in an organization or warehouse. This paper tested this hypothesis of variations in inventory holding costs in a warehouse in two...

A vendor managed system with the Consignment Stock agreement is a business practice where a buyer׳s inventory remains the property of the vendor until its withdrawal by the final customer demand. Such an agreement has shown to be a profitable stock management approach, especially when operating...