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The past years of logistic management have been studded with buzzwords trying to condense the achievements and problems of their times. Just-in-time production changed the view on inventories from assets, which convert to cash, to pure cost drivers. With an increasing availability of data, concepts like Efficient Consumer Response and Predictive Analytics resulted in the need for optimized decisions based on uncertain demand information.
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Engelmeyer, T. (2016). Introduction. In: Managing Intermittent Demand. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14062-5_1
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