Comparison of particular logistic models’ adoption in the Czech Republic

• Main Authors: Vrbová Petra, Cempírek Václav
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2016-12-01
• Series: Open Engineering
• Subjects: Consignment Stock Concept; Buffer Stock Concept; Safety Stock Concept; Supply Chain; Inventory Policy; Vendor Managed Inventory
• Online Access: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/eng.2016.6.issue-1/eng-2016-0092/eng-2016-0092.xml?format=INT

Managing inventory is considered as one of the most challenging tasks facing supply chain managers and specialists. Decisions related to inventory locations along with level of inventory kept throughout the supply chain have a fundamental impact on the response time, service level, delivery lead-time and the total cost of the supply chain. The main objective of this paper is to identify and analyse the share of a particular logistic model adopted in the Czech Republic (Consignment stock, Buffer stock, Safety stock) and also compare their usage and adoption according to different industries. This paper also aims to specify possible reasons of particular logistic model preferences in comparison to the others. The analysis is based on quantitative survey held in the Czech Republic.