Hewlett-Packard (HP) Vancouver Department faced a problem in 1990. Despite its new inkjet printers sold well, the level of reserves in the world grew and sales increased. In Europe, a large variety of products made especially high levels of inventory. HP looked at several ways to address the issue of inventory. Air freight printers in Europe, developing a more formalized process inventory planning or building a plant in Europe, "Hide
by Laura Rock Kopczak, Hau Lee Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 12 pages. Publication Date: May 11, 2001. Prod. #: GS3A-PDF-ENG
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