This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Procurement and Supply Management, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis report.Includes bibliographical references (page 33).Supply chain management addresses the management of materials and information across the entire chain from suppliers to producers, distributors, retailers, and customers. In the past few decades, scholars gave ample attention about the impact of inventory on Supply Chain Management (SCM). Roughly speaking, research on supply chain management has been mainly focused on three major issues. One is the behavior of information flow; the second issue deals with inventory management; the third issue is orientated to pl...