Celebrating a century of the economic order quantity model in honor of Ford Whitman Harris

摘要

This writing presents a brief introduction to the papers included in the special issue "Celebrating a century of the economic order quantity model in honor of Ford Whitman Harris" published by the International Journal of Production Economics. Forty-one papers covering an extensive scope of inventory management have been incorporated in this volume from contributing authors from 20 countries located in America, Asia, Europe and Africa. This special issue also provides a basis for new directions in inventory management research.