BU S INESS A CA SE ST UDY Master Project in International Logistics and Supply Chain Management Authors: Lining Bai Ying Zhong Tutor: Jönköping Jens Hultman 2008-01 Master Thesis in International Logistics and Supply Chain Management Title: Authors: Tutor: Date: Subject terms: Improving Inventory Management in Small Business: A Case Study Lining Bai and Ying Zhong Jens Hultman 2008-01 Supply Chain Management‚ Inventory Management‚ Purchasing‚ IT‚ Small Business. Abstract Introduction: The growth
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ROLE OF THE PURCHASING AGENT IN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ABSTRACT Inventory ties up the largest amount of cash in companies‚ and inventory management decisions directly influence the purchasing function. As these activities fall under the supply chain management umbrella‚ managers cannot act independently pursuing an objective that is going to satisfy one department. Instead‚ managers foster teamwork and cooperation not only within their own company‚ but also between their company and the company’s
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Sales inventory systems are often standardised i.e. A business will adopt a general model for their own use. This means that they are able to track sales of a product and match it against their existing inventory to regulate how much stock they keep to hand and how much it costs them to do so. Obviously this is necessary for any business in order to run efficiently. However‚ adopting a general model means that it may not be optimised for the particular stock/business in question. For example
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Inventory Management System By Joann Jones Course CIS/210 Professor Jesse Witherspoon January 18‚ 2013 The materials needed to help my sister manage her inventory would first to get a retail software package. With a good retail software package it gives you up to the minute reports on what she will have in stock‚ on order and what is in transit. With the new system it will eliminate the need to guess if she has enough of a popular item or not enough of a particular item. This system will
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system is the Motoposh. Motoposh is a motorcycle and appliances dealer located at Brgy. Alang-alang‚ Borongan City. It is owned by Mr. Howard Co and managed by Mr. Julius Rex B. Apelado. Due to the manual process that they’re using in their sales and inventory system‚ problems are often encountered in recording different transactions of the company such as‚ Lack of security of their files because they just put their files in a file cabinet. Time consuming in checking their stocks because they just count
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smaller businesses have come to rely on computerized inventory management systems. Automated systems can replace the cost and time consuming processes that were once completed by hand while providing companies with more accurate data. Inventory control is important to ensure control in businesses that handle transactions revolving around consumer goods. Without proper inventory control‚ a store may run out of stock on an important item. A good inventory control system will alert the retailer when it is
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part of Cagayan and still counting. And this is where we enter‚ the timing was just perfect. As their small business is getting bigger‚ asking them for a little favor with a bigger help for them in return would be a great deal. An advance sales and supplies monitoring system would do the trick. Overview of the Current State Technology Figure 1.0 The business starts when a customer request for a product as
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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT- PURCHASE AND PROCUREMENT Page 1 A PROJECT REPORT ON INVENTORY MANAGEMENT-PURCHASE AND PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES AT IOCL (BARAUNI REFINERY) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Petroleum oil is the lifeline of modern civilization. It is needed equally for both domestic andindustrial purposes. Its demand has increased multiple-folds and yet to increase on war scale dueto rapid industrialization and fast urbanization. Both developed and developing countries areutilizing oil resources
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Rationale Inventory systems are tracking systems that inform the amount of raw materials‚ supplies or final products have readily available. Updated each time you sell an item or use raw materials to create and to know what you available for the following day or week. This type of system allows ordering products in advance‚ so you have everything you need at all times. Man has come along his way in doing business transactions with each other. Inventory system put you a head
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TECHNIQUES FOR INVENTORY CONTROL: THE NEED FOR INVENTORY In industry‚ inventory means ’stock of goods’. It may mean raw materials‚ work-in-progress‚ maintenance materials‚ processed and semi-processed materials‚ oils‚ fuels and lubricants as well as finished and semi-finished goods. They may be either in solid‚ liquid or gaseous form‚ required for future use‚ mainly in the production process as in the case of finished goods for re-sale. In any case‚ it is an idle resource having an economic value
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