OPERATION MANAGEMENT Contents OPERATION MANAGEMENT1 Contents 2 INTRODUCTION 3 MAIN BODY3 Types of inventories3 Analyze how goods and service design concepts are integrated 4 Role of inventory4 Four different types of layouts5 Two metrics to evaluate supply chain performance6 CONCLUSION 8 REFERENCES 9 INTRODUCTION Inventory management is defined as systematic approach to selling, sourcing and storing inventory in form of raw materials as well as finished products (Axs ter, 2015). MAIN BODY 1 Types of inventories The different types of