TY - BOOK AU - Oeser,Gerald ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Risk-Pooling Essentials: Reducing Demand and Lead Time Uncertainty T2 - SpringerBriefs in Business, SN - 9783319141572 AV - HD28-70 U1 - 658.5 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Economics KW - Statistics KW - Operations research KW - Economics/Management Science KW - Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management KW - IT in Business KW - Operation Research/Decision Theory KW - Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance N1 - Introduction -- Risk-Pooling in Business Logistics -- Choosing Suitable Risk-Pooling Methods -- Applying Risk-Pooling in Paper Wholesale -- The State of Risk-Pooling in Germany -- Conclusion N2 - This book provides comprehensive and concise definitions of risk pooling and risk-pooling methods, a straightforward statistical explanation, and a value-chain oriented framework for analyzing risk-pooling methods. Risk pooling mitigates demand and lead time uncertainty in logistics and supply chain management. The author also provides readers with a downloadable computerized decision support tool to compare and choose appropriate risk-pooling methods and to apply them in companies. Students and practitioners of logistics and supply chain management will find this book particularly useful UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14157-2 ER -