Broader product line: a necessity to achieve success?
Management Science
Capacity Allocation Using Past Sales: When to Turn-And-Earn
Management Science
Have U.S. Manufacturing Inventories Really Decreased? An Empirical Study
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
An Econometric Analysis of Inventory Turnover Performance in Retail Services
Management Science
Association Between Supply Chain Glitches and Operating Performance
Management Science
What Can Be Learned from Classical Inventory Models? A Cross-Industry Exploratory Investigation
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
In Search of the Bullwhip Effect
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Structural Estimation of the Effect of Out-of-Stocks
Management Science
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Information Technology and Trademarks: Implications for Product Variety
Management Science
Impact of Variety and Distribution System Characteristics on Inventory Levels at U.S. Retailers
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
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Automobile manufacturers in the U.S. supply chain exhibit significant differences in their days of supply of finished vehicles (average inventory divided by average daily sales rate). For example, from 1995 to 2004, Toyota consistently carried approximately 30 fewer days of supply than General Motors. This suggests that Toyota's well-documented advantage in manufacturing efficiency, product design, and upstream supply chain management extends to their finished-goods inventory in their downstream supply chain from their assembly plants to their dealerships. Our objective in this research is to measure for this industry the effect of several factors on inventory holdings. We find that two factors, the number of dealerships in a manufacturer's distribution network and a manufacturer's production flexibility, explain essentially all of the difference in finished-goods inventory between Toyota and three other manufacturers: Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors.