This course “Inventory and Stores Management” covers the concept of Inventory Management and how to estimate Economic Order Quantity.  Construction Industry maintains Inventory so that work at site should not suffer. The course covers Inventory Control Techniques. The course also tells about Stores Management.  Details of Inventory  Control and Stores Management have also been highlighted to give the learners a holistic learning experience. 

Course layout

Books and references

1. Max Muller, Essentials of Inventory Management, , AMACOM Publication

2. D. Chandra Bose, Inventory Management, Prentice Hall of India Publication

3. Inventory and Stores Management (ET 581 B) IGNOU

Instructor bio

Dr. Ashish Agarwal

IGNOU

Dr. Ashish Agarwal has been working as Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering at School of Engineering & Technology Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi India since 1993. He has earned his PhD from IIT Delhi in the area of Supply Chain Management. His papers have been published in International and National Journals. He has published his research papers in European Journal of Operational Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Work Study, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, International Journal Intelligent Enterprise, Production & Manufacturing Research, International Journal of Advanced Operations Management, Competitiveness Review, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Productivity, Industrial Engineering Journal  and Global Journal of Enterprise Information System. He is reviewer in International and National Journals. He has supervised nine PhD students in the area of Operations Management. He is at present supervising five PhD students. He is life member of Indian Society for Technical Education and Indian Institutions

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