• Economic Analysis
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.1-36
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• 2018

When it comes to explaining the relationship between inventory investment and business fluctuations, the production smoothing theory and the stock-out avoidance theory take contradictory stances. Decision-making related to inventory investments of corporations is thought to be influenced by both motives, but the relative sizes or directions of their respective influences can differ depending upon the phase of the business cycle. Against this backdrop, this paper differs from existing studies in that it theoretically tests the relative significances of the production smoothing and stock-out avoidance motives in the inventory investment dynamics, while placing its analytical focus on determining the existence and patterns of the asymmetric dynamics of inventory investment over the business cycle phases. To this end this paper sets up a non-linear model that is expanded from the existing linear inventory investment model, and checks whether its predictive power is better than that of the existing model. The results of analysis confirm the nature of the asymmetric dynamics of inventory investment over the business cycle phases. A stock-out avoidance motive appears but there is no significant production smoothing motive in boom times. In downturns, in contrast, the stock-out avoidance motive is insignificant, but a quality of asymmetric dynamics in which changes in inventory cause the deepening of recessions, due to the non-convexity of production costs proposed by Ramey (1991), is detected. This paper confirms that a model considering the asymmetric dynamics of inventory investment can have better predictive power than one that does not consider it, through within-sample and out-of-sample predictions and various predictive power tests. These research results are expected to be useful for economic forecasting, through their enhancement of the understandings of the inventory investment dynamics and of the nature of its business cycle destabilization.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.265-274
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• 2013

The business cycle during a recession leads to negative effects on raising funds and operations management of company. In particular, the company with many inventories in the recession causes liquidity problem. Which leads to frustration in the competitive strategy management. In this case the company experiencing cash or liquidity problems attempts to reduce its investment in inventory. However, reducing inventory investment makes problems to increase inventory operating costs. This paper presents sensitivity of total cost compared to the size for reducing inventory investment. This will guarantee the relevance of the reducing inventory investment. Optimal Inventory levels also may be required to be less than the optimal levels without reduction on inventory investments.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.63-85
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• 2013

This study tries to investigate the fundamental implications inherent in inventory asset information(specifically, unexpected inventory investment) by analyzing how the relationship between unexpected inventory investment and future operating performance. And we study how is the response of the stock market participants to the fundamental implications inherent in inventory asset information. Prior papers often assume the efficient market and they view the significant relation between stock prices and financial indicators as evidence of the contribution of such indicators to future earnings. Leading indicators are attracting the market's attention for equity valuation. We study whether one leading indicator (unexpected Inventories) forecasts future earnings, and whether market participants fully reflect the predictive ability when they sets share prices(Mishkin test, 1983). Our empirical results of the study are summarized as follows. Current unexpected inventory investment is negatively associated with future operating performance. Also, our evidence is that the stock market participants overprice the contribution of unexpected inventory investment when predicting future earnings. Furthermore, a hedge strategy that uses the overpricing gives significant future abnormal returns. The overall results help the users of financial reports, researchers of accounting, and the accounting principle setting body.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.117-144
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• 2006

This study is to analyze the existence of the real buffer effect that reflects the effect of beginning-of-period inventory stocks effect on the demand for fixed investment, and the financial buffer effect indicates the substitution effect between end-of-period inventory stock and the source of financing for fixed investment. I use panel data of 361 Korean listed non-financial firms during 1990-2003. After the crisis, it also observed whether the relationship between inventory stocks and fixed investment has altered or not. I review the theoretical connection between inventory stock and fixed investment through the paper by Bo(2004) and estimate the investment model by the method of GMM-SYS. The results show negative relation between end-of-period inventory stock and fixed investment in the whole period and each period classified, also it confirms that the relation between fixed investment and end-of-period investment is significantly negative. It can be interpreted through two aspects that firms not only use inventory stock as a buffer in response to unexpectedly high demand, but also utilize inventory stock as a source of financing for fixed investment. The results imply that firm's decision-making is much correlated with production-and-inventory stock adjustment, decision-making about fixed investment, and decision-making about financial affairs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.224-232
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• 2004

소매점에서 판매를 최대화하여 이익을 극대화하기 위해서는 투자비용을 최소화하고 재고를 최소로 유지하며, 결품을 최소화해서 매출을 보호해야 한다. 수요의 동향이 다양화 됨으로써 예측이 점점 어려워지고, 재고를 최소화하고, 빠른 납기를 충족시키고, 판매 기회의 손실을 최소화 하기란 점점 어려워지고 있다. 또한 매출의 보호와 재고의 축소는 서로 상반되는 내용을 담고 있다. 전통 Industrial Engineering(IE)에서 경제적 주문량(EOQ)을 결정하여 재고 회전율을 높이고 발주 비용과 재고 비용을 최소화하는 연구는 많이 다루어져 왔다. 본 논문에서는 TOC의 쓰루풋 증대의 관점에서 최적의 재고 보충 관리 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.1-21
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• 2019

The objective of this study is three-fold: to investigate the relationship between information technology (IT) investment and inventory turnover, using 98 U.S. firms spanning eleven years (from 1999 to 2009); to analyze the correlation of inventory turnover with firm and industry characteristics, where vertical integration and growth options are chosen to reflect the features of the firm's internal characteristics, and industry dynamism and industry concentration are selected to represent the industry's competitive environment; and to examine time trends in inventory turnover. The significant findings include the following: (i) both IT investment and growth options have a positive impact on inventory turnover; (ii), but vertical integration and industry concentration have a negative impact on inventory turnover; (iii) the impact of industry dynamism on inventory turnover positive; and (iv) the time trends in inventory turnover and 'adjusted inventory turnover' have been increased during the sample period from 1999 to 2009.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.570-573
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• 2004

현재 여러 기업 및 공공기관에서 공급 체인상의 재고 관리 방법으로 사용되는 대표적인 시스템은 크게 중앙 통제 시스템과 분산 통제 시스템을 들 수 있다. 이러한 두 가지 방법은 모두 그 재고를 관리함에 있어서 보유 재고를 줄이고 이러한 재고 감소를 통해 얻을 수 있는 비용 효과를 통해 다른 투자를 할 수 있는 이윤을 추구하기 위함이다. 실제로 일부 기업 및 공공기관은 그 재고 관리 시스템의 중앙 통제를 통해 큰 보유 재고의 감소를 가져올 수 있었고 그 비용 효과를 가져왔다. 이 논문에서는 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 중앙 통제를 하는 공급자에서 재고를 보유하고 하류 계층의 소비자가 주문을 할 경우 주문을 종합하여 공급하는 중앙 통제 시스템과 중앙에서는 공급자가 재고를 보유하지 않고 소비자 각각이 주문을 할 경우 개별적인 주문 처리를 통해 제품을 공급하는 분은 시스템의 재고 보유수준의 비교를 통해 중앙 통제 시스템의 효율성을 분석하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.59-68
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• 1982

생산 시스템의 기본 목표는 첫째 생산 계획의 완수에 의한 고객봉사의 향상, 둘째 현재의 생산률 유지와 동시 재고 투자의 최소화, 셋째 생산 효율의 극대화등 이라 믿어진다［4. 35］. 이러한 목표들은 서로 상충하는 것이나 오늘날 진보된 재고 및 생산 통계 시스템에 의하여 달성될 수 있을 것이다.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2014

This paper presents the development of a stock control system of POP system design based on RFID in SCM and its economic efficiency. A stock control system is proposed for 900MHz passive type RFID system. The RFID system is composed of a RFID reader and four antennas to read the tag IDs. A cost estimation model is adapted based on the total product profit by various tag prices. The result of the economic efficiency analysis can indicate any invested model for the automation system which have initial investment should be used. This solution indicates the limit of the break even point according to the input. And it can be concluded that the stock control can be developed by RFID readers and passive tags with directional arrangement of several antennas. Also, the economical evaluation model can be a decision method for company to adapt the new developed system.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.69-92
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• 1989

외국인(外國人) 직접투자(直接投資)의 중요성이 국내(國內) 외(外)에서 커지고 있음과 함께 그 투자본국(投資本國)과 대상국(對象國)이 어떻게 결정(決定)되느냐에 대한 학계(學界)의 관심(關心)이 새로워지고 있다. 본(本) 논문(論文)은, 투자본국(投資本國)-대상국(對象國)의 결정문제(決定問題)에 관해, 이를 생산요소(生産要素)의 국가간이동(國家間移動)으로 파악하려는 종래의 국제경제학(國際經濟學), 기업(企業)의 무형자산(無形資産)에서 그 중요한 이유를 찾으려는 산업조직론(産業組織論), 상이(相異)한 통화권(通貨圈)이 주는 투자상(投資上)의 우위(優位) 열위(劣位)를 중시(重視)하는 국제금융론(國際金融論) 등 제(諸) 접근방법(接近方法)들이 시사(示唆)하는 바를 살펴보고, 환율수준(換率水準) 및 그 예상변화율(豫想變化率) 등이 외국인(外國人) 직접투자(直接投資)에 미치는 영향도 재고(再考)하였다. 실증분석(實證分析)에서는 세계(世界)의 대미직접투자(對美直接投資)의 연도별(年度別) 시계열자료(時系列資料)를 사용하여 GNP, 환율수준(換率水準), 예상환율변화(豫想換率變化) 및 환(換)"리스크 프리미엄" 등 거시경제변수(巨視經濟變數)들의 영향을 추정(推定)하여 보았으며, 대체로 유의도(有意度)가 높고 선험적(先驗的)으로 기대하는 바와 같은 영향이 있다는 결과를 얻었다.