Just-in-Time Inventory Management: Potential Applications and Recommendations for the US Navy

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA

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THESIS
POTENTIAL APPLICABILITY OF
JUST-IN-TIME INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE NAVY by Rebeca M. Giacoman
December, 1995
Thesis Co-Advisors:

Paul J. Fields
Donald Eaton

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There is growing concern over inventory management policies within

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