Вставьте слова в текст excellence, responsiveness, categories, inventory, safety, management, costs, sites The inventory, along with transportation, the location of the manufacturing 1) and warehouses represent an important factor that influences the performance of the supply chain. 2) contains the raw materials, the work in process and all the finished products of a supply chain. The changes of the inventory policies can lead to a dramatic change of the supply chain’s efficiency and 3) . Logisticians have to identify the main 4) of inventory and the way that they can be controlled. In every company we can identify cycle inventory, 5) inventory and seasonal inventory. Traditionally, in the management of supply chain processes, inventory 6) is challenging because it directly impacts both costs and service. Effective inventory management is at the core of supply chain management 7) . Inventory 8) are the costs related to storing and maintaining its inventory over a certain period of time