–When it comes to solving the problem of inventory stock outs, less can be more.
In regards to medications, by 2009, the problem of stock-outs for all drugs including for NCDs was persistent and was associated with poor health outcomes, especially for those who could not access services in the private facilities (30).
To address the problem of drug stock outs some districts have introduced buffer stocks, whereby the district buys additional drugs, often using CHF revenue.
The sticky problem of Congressional stock trading and ownership has been getting more attention on the back of studies showing that stock portfolios modeled on the trading of legislators regularly beat the market.
(Reinertsen & Vossen 2010) considered the problem of cutting stock problems with due date while addressing common cutting considerations, such as aggregation of orders, multiple stock lengths and cutting different types of material on the same machine.
The markdowns solved the immediate problem of excess stock but did nothing to solve the medium-term issue of slumping demand; the Seattle-based retailer is forecasting a 10-15% decline in same-store sales this year.
The problem of housing stock energy efficiency improvement becomes very important.
"It risks landlords selling up, and doesn't tackle the main problem – a lack of stock".
The Dow Jones industrial average fell last week for the first time in five weeks, a small decline attributed mainly to the problems of one stock, Coca-Cola.
Power negotiations were evident in the chronic problems of drug stock outages at the time of the study, where local political campaigns pointed blame at health workers for stealing drugs.
