TY - JOUR AB - Since there are fundamental contradictions in difficult engineering problems, most solutions have been trade‐offs between conflicting requirements. In those cases, an improvement of a system parameter causes deterioration of another parameter in the system. TRIZ, a structured method for creative problem solving, is used to obtain breakthrough solutions resolving or eliminating the contradictions. In this paper, it is examined that the engineering‐based TRIZ approach can be successfully used in inventory management. The result shows that there is good chance of applying TRIZ to managerial problems. VL - 3 IS - 1 SN - 1598-2688 DO - 10.1108/15982688200200008 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/15982688200200008 AU - Kim Seong‐Dae AU - Park Young‐Taek PY - 2002 Y1 - 2002/01/01 TI - Application of TRIZ to Inventory Management T2 - Asian Journal on Quality PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 91 EP - 97 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -