In industrial society, the core competency of company was depend on the productivity. However the knowledge information era of the 21st century, the market power moved to downstream, the core competency of company is moved from productivity to how to make the products meet the market. Inventory was the burden of the company management. Most of company trying to reduce the inventory. In this study, analyze the impact of inventory to company's operating profit and the impact of distribution center consolidation to total inventory of company.

• 박인규((주)로지스메이트 대표 컨설턴트) | In-Kyu, Park
• 강성우(펜실베니아 주립대학교 산업제조공학과) | Sung-Woo Kang
• 강경식(명지대학교 산업경영공학과) | Kyung-Sik Kang Corresponding Author