When a company runs multiple warehouses but routes all replenishment decisions, safety stock calculations, and demand forecasts through a single planning unit, it is applying centralized inventory planning.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventory_management#Centralized_and_decentralized_inventory_control
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