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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

I nventory MANAGEMENT

1. INTRODUCTION

Defination AND MEANING

The inventory is a list of goods and materials, or products and materials themselves, held in stock by a company. Stocks are held for managing customer and hide the fact that the manufacturing lead time / is longer longer delivery times, and also mitigate the effect of imperfections in the manufacturing process that lower production efficiency if production capacity is hampered by lack of materials.

The reasons for keeping stock

All these stock reasons can apply to any owner or product stage.

buffer stock is held in each workstation against the possibility that the upstream workstation may be a little late in providing the next item for processing. While some processes carry very large buffer stocks, Toyota offers one (or few elements) and moved to eliminate this type of stock.

safety stock is held against the machine or process in the hope / belief that failure can be repaired before the stock runs out. Such actions can be eliminated by programs such as Total Productive Maintenance

Overproduction is held because the forecast and actual sales do not match. Make order and JIT eliminates this type of stock.

stock within batch are retained because part of the process is designed to operate on a lot only while processing items individually. Therefore, each element of the lot to wait for the whole batch to be processed before proceeding to the next post. This can be eliminated by a single piece of work or a lot size of one.

Request changes in inventory is held for productive capacity is unable to decline the request. Therefore, the stock is built at the time of the reduced use to be supplied to customers when demand exceeds production capacity. This can be eliminated by increasing flexibility and the ability of a line of production or reduced by moving the load balancing item level.
Stock Balancing line is held because the various sub-processes in a work online at different rates. stock therefore accumulate after a fast sub-process or before a large batch size in manufacturing. line balancing will eliminate this type of stock.

passage stock place after a sub-process that has a well or change over time. This stock is then used as change-over happens. This stock can be eliminated by tools like SMED.

When these stocks comprise the same or similar, it is often the work practice to hold all these stocks mixed before or after the sub-processes to which they relate. This "reduced" costs. Because they are mixed up together there is no point visual operators of nearby sub-processes or management of the stock that is due to a particular cause and should be the responsibility of a particular individual with inevitable consequences. Some plants have centralized stock holding across sub-process that makes the situation even more acute.

The basis of inventory accounting

Inventory must be taken into account where it is held across borders period typically accounting for expenditures must be compared with the results of this expenditure in the same period. When processes are simple and short, then stocks were small but with more complex processes, and inventories became larger and significant items of value on the balance sheet. This necessity of the value of unsold goods and incomplete prompted many new behaviors in the practice of management. Perhaps the most important of these are the complexity of the recovery of fixed costs, transfer pricing, and the separation of direct overhead costs. This so-called, it was impossible "to anticipate income "or" declaration of dividends on capital. "It is one of the intangible benefits of Lean and the GST process times shorten and decrease level of stock that the importance of this activity is extremely low and therefore the effort, including management, to achieve can be minimized.

/ V S FIFO LIFO

When a dealer sells goods from inventory, the value Inventory reduced by the cost of goods sold (GPK sold). It's simple, where the CoG has not changed between detainees in stock, but he then has an agreed method must be derived. For other commodities that we can not track individually, accountants must choose a method that matches the nature of the sale. Two popular methods exist: FIFO and LIFO accounting (first in – first out, last – First out). FIFO regards the first unit that arrived in the inventory of the first sale. LIFO considers the last unit to arrive stocks in the first sale. Which method to choose an accountant may have a significant effect on net income and book value and, in turn, Taxation. Using the LIFO inventory accounting, a company generally reports lower net income and lower book value due to the effects of inflation. This generally results in lower taxation. Because of its potential to skew the LIFO inventory value UK GAAP and IAS have effectively banned LIFO inventory accounting.

Supply Chain Management

A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into products intermediate and finished products, and distribution of these finished products to customers. Supply chains exist in both service and manufacturing organizations, Although the complexity of the chain may vary considerably from one sector to a company to.

management of the supply chain is generally considered to lie between fully vertically integrated companies, where the flow of material is wholly owned by a single firm and those where each channel member operates independently. Therefore, coordination between different actors in the chain is an element key in its effective management. Cooper and Ellram [1993] compare management supply chain of a relay team well balanced and well practice. This team is more competitive when each player knows how to position themselves for the hand-off. The relationships are strongest between players who go directly stick (stick), but the whole team must make a coordinated effort to win the race.

Here is an example of a supply chain very simple for a single product, where raw materials are purchased from suppliers, transformed into finished products in a single step, and then transported to distribution centers and, ultimately, customers. Realistic supply chains have multiple end products with shared components, facilities and capabilities. The material flow is not always along an arborescent network, various modes can be envisaged, and bill of materials for finished goods can be both broad and deep.

To simplify the concept, supply chain management can be defined as a loop: it starts with the customer and ends with the customer. All materials, finished products, information, and even every transaction flows through the loop. However, management of the supply chain can be a very difficult task because in reality, supply chain is a complex and dynamic facilities and different organizations, conflicting objectives.

Channels supply exist in two services and manufacturing organizations, although the complexity of the chain may vary considerably from one sector an undertaking to the.

Unlike commercial supplies manufacturing, services such as planning clinical supplies are very dynamic and can often have last minute changes. Kit available patient when the patient arrives at the investigator site is very important for the success trials. This results in overproduction of medications to take care of last minute changes in demand. manufacturing R & D is very expensive and overproduction of patient kits adds significant costs to the total cost of clinical trials. An integrated supply chain can reduce overproduction of pharmaceuticals through the effective leadership of demand planning and inventory management.

Traditionally, marketing, distribution, planning, manufacturing and purchasing organizations along the supply chain operated independently. These organizations have their own objectives and these are often contradictory. Marketing objective of customer service high and maximum sales dollars conflict with the manufacture and distribution objectives. Many manufacturing operations are designed to maximize throughput and lower costs with little regard for the impact on inventory levels and distribution capabilities. purchase contracts are often negotiated with very little information beyond historical buying patterns. The result these factors is that there is no single integrated plan for the organization — there were many plans as businesses. Clearly there is a need for a mechanism by which these functions can be integrated together. management of the supply chain is a strategy by which such integration can be achieved.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the process of planning, execution and control of the supply chain in order to satisfy customer requirements as efficiently as possible. spans of Supply Chain Management all movement and storage of raw materials, inventory of work in process and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.

According to the Council of Professional Supply Chain Management (CSCMP)

A professional association that has developed definition in 2004, Supply Chain Management encompasses the planning and management of all activities of sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all management activities of the logistics. "It is important, he also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which may be suppliers, intermediaries, third party service providers and customers. In essence, Supply Chain Management integrates supply and demand management within and between companies.

According to Cohen & Lee (1988)

Supply Chain Management is "The network of organizations that have of links, both upstream and downstream in the various processes and activities that produces and delivers value in the form of products and services in the hands of the consumer. "Thus, a shirt manufacturer is a part of the supply chain that extends upstream through the armor of fabrics for spinners and the fiber manufacturers, and downstream through the distribution and retail to the final consumer. Although each of these organizations are dependent on some of the others have not traditionally cooperate closely with each other. An integrated supply chain simplifies management processes and increase profitability by offering the right product at the right place at the right time and at the lowest possible cost.

According to Ganeshan & Harrison (2001)

Supply Chain Management is a "systemic approach to managing the entire flow of information, materials and services from suppliers of raw materials in factories and warehouses to the end customer. "

Chain Event Management Logistics (SCEM short) is an examination of all possible events occurring and the factors that may cause disruption in a supply chain. With SCEM possible scenarios can be created and solutions can be envisaged.

Some experts distinguish management supply chain management and logistics, while others consider the terms are interchangeable. From the perspective of a business, the scope of management the supply chain is generally limited to the offer by the suppliers of your provider and the client side clients customers.

management of the supply chain is also a category of software products.

2. SIEMENS

Siemens is one of the largest companies in the world and resolved to Europe's largest engineering. Siemens has six main business divisions: Communication and Information, Automation and Control, Power, Transportation, Medical and Lighting. international headquarters of Siemens in Berlin and Munich, Germany. Siemens AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and has been listed on the Stock Exchange New York since March 12, 2001. Worldwide, Siemens and its subsidiaries employ 480,000 people in 190 countries and reported worldwide sales of € 87.325 billion dollars in 2006

HISTORY

Siemens was founded by Werner von Siemens on October 1, 1847, based on the telegraph, he had invented that used a needle to point to the sequence of letters, instead of using Morse code. The company – then called Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske – opened its first workshop on October 12.

In 1848, the company built the first telegraph line long distance Europe, 500 km from Berlin to Frankfurt. In 1850, the younger brother of the founder, Sir William Siemens (born Carl Wilhelm Siemens), started to represent Society in London. In the 1850s, the company has been involved in building long distance networks in Russia Telegraph. In 1855, a company branch headed by another brother, Carl von Siemens, opened in St. Petersburg. In 1867, Siemens completed the telegraph line monumental Indo-European (Calcutta to London).

In 1881, a Siemens AC generator driven by a water mill was used for the first world power electric street lighting in the town of Godalming, United Kingdom. The company has continued to grow and diversify in Trains electric light bulbs. In 1890, the founder retired and left the company to his brother Carl and the son of Arnold and Wilhelm. Siemens & Halske (S & H) was formed in 1897.

In 1919, S & H and two other companies jointly formed the Osram lightbulb company. A Japanese subsidiary was created in 1923.

During the 1920s and 1930s, S & H started to manufacture radios, television sets and microscopes electronics.

Before World War II, Siemens has been involved in the secret rearmament of Germany. During the War World, like most large companies in Germany at the time, Siemens supported the Hitler regime, contributed to the effort War and participated in the Nazification "of the economy. Siemens had many factories in and around the extermination camps like Auschwitz famous and used slavery in the concentration camps to build electric switches for military uses. In one example, nearly 100,000 men and women from Auschwitz worked in a factory of Siemens in the extermination camp, which provides electricity in camp.

In the 1950s and their new base in Bavaria, S & H started to manufacture computers, semiconductor devices, washing machines, and pacemakers. Siemens AG was incorporated in 1966. The company's first digital telephone exchange has been achieved 1980. In 1988, Siemens and GEC acquired the UK defense and technology Plessey. Plessey farms have been split, and Siemens took over the avionics, radar and traffic control companies – like Siemens Plessey.

In 1991, Siemens Nixdorf Computer AG has acquired and renamed it Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG. In 1997, Siemens introduced the first GSM cellular phone with color screen. Also in 1997 Siemens agreed to sell the arm of Siemens Plessey to British Aerospace (BAe) and a government agency of the United Kingdom, the Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA). BAe and DASA acquired the British and German divisions of the operation, respectively.

In 1999, the semiconductor operations of Siemens were spun off into a new company known as Infineon Technologies. In addition, Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG is part of Fujitsu Siemens AG this year. The group of retail banking technology has become Wincor Nixdorf.

In February 2003, Siemens has reopened its office in Kabul [3].
In 2004, Siemens has taken the mantle of official Formula One timekeeper, replacing TAG Heuer.

In November 2005, Siemens signed a 12-year agreement with The Walt Disney Company to sponsor the Florida attractions and parks in California.

In 2006, Siemens announced the acquisition of Bayer Diagnostics, which was incorporated in the Medical Solutions Diagnostics division officially on 1 January 2007.

In March 2007 Siemens board member was temporarily arrested and accused of illegally financing a combination of entrepreneurial work which competes against the union IG Metall. He was released on bail. Offices of the Labour Union and Siemens have been searched. Siemens denies any wrongdoing.

In April 2007, fixed networks, mobile networks and Carrier Services divisions of Siemens merged with the Nokia Group Business Network a 50/50 joint venture, creating a company called fixed and mobile network Nokia Siemens Networks. Nokia delayed the merger on the basis of investigations of bribery against Siemens.

Through an American sub-organization known as the Siemens Foundation, also allocates funds for students and teachers AP rewarding. One of its main programs is the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology, which provides annual grants of up to U.S. $ 100,000 to both individual and newcomers to the team. According to the foundation website, Siemens prices totaling nearly 2 million dollars in scholarships each year.

The main customers of Siemens

-KCR
-Novartis
Transit System Edmonton
Transit-Calgary
Deutsche Bahn (German railway company)
-Metrorail (Houston, Texas)
District-Sacramento Regional Transit
-Regional TheRide Regional Transportation (Denver, Colorado)
-LACMTA (Los Angeles County, California)
-Pittsburgh Light Rail
San Diego Trolley-
-MAX Light Rail (Portland, Oregon)
-Nederlandse Spoorwegen (railways Netherlands) (Netherlands)
Port of Rotterdam (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Muh-Balkim. Elk. Ltd. Sti.
The BBC
Indian Railways
-Airtel
Powergrid Corporation of India-

Products

Instrumentation-Industrial (Sensors and Controls)
Platform Service-telecommunications TSP 7000
Tram-Combino Ulf and Avanto
Siemens-Düwag U2 LRV
ER20-Locomotive – MTR
Metro -LHB/Siemens M1/M2/M3 Pair March
Siemens-Adtranz LRV
-Duewag/Siemens LRV 1435 Combino low floor
Metro-MX3000 car for Oslo (SGP Wien works)
Metro-S4000
ABB -Schindler/Siemens Be 4 / 8 Low Floor LRV
Metro-5001
NGT 6D LRV-SWBSiemensr
Locomotive Eurosprinter
Desiro trains, ICE and Transrapid
-Gigaset products for home entertainment, Gigaset M740 AV including a decoder for receiving DTT-and integrate it into a home network (WLAN or cable) or home streaming media.
E-Hicom Trading
Hicom-300
HiPath-
HiQ-8000 Softswitch
-MSR32R
EWSD telephone exchange
SPX-2000 Small Phone Exchange Digital (rural)
Siemens Gigaset cordless phones
Siemens Mobile Phones – divested to BenQ in 2005
SPPA-T2000-Siemens Control System (Formerly Teleperm XP)
SPPA-T3000-Siemens control system (for generating electric power control)
SIMATIC PCS 7 Process- Automation System for Process and Hybrid industries
-Radio and commodity for the networks in 2G and 3G Mobile (GSM, UMTS, …)
-Gas & Steam Turbines
Orders-programmable (including Simatic PLC, and the logo! Microcontrollers)
Siemens Servo-Life Support Online Fan
-MAGNETOM (TM) Espree
-SOMATOM (R) Definition CT
-SOMATOM (R) Sensation CT
-SOMATOM (R) Emotion CT
AXIOM Artis-
AXIOM Sensis-
Signature Series-e.cam gamma camera
-Symbia TruePoint SPECT-CT
PET.CT TruePoint-Biograph
Magnetom C!, A low field open MRI
Magnetom Avanto, a Tim system MRI
Magnetom Espree, a Tim system, hole MRI
Magnetom Trio, A Tim system, ultra high field MRI
Aeolian-1.3 MW, 2.3 MW and 3.6 MW
-Sinorix (TM)
-SISTORE (TM)

Main competitors of Siemens are:

ABB
Alcatel-Lucent
-Alstom
Logic-Auto
Bombardier
Cisco Systems
-Computrol
Eaton-
Ericsson
-General Electric
-Honeywell
Johnson Controls
Lantronix-
-Nortel
-Philips
Controls-reliable
Rockwell Automation-
Samsung
Schneider-Electric

3. OBJECTIVES and the need for Supply Chain Management

Traditionally, marketing, distribution, planning, manufacturing and procurement agencies the along the supply chain operated independently. These organizations have their own objectives and these are often contradictory.

Marketing objective of customer service high and maximum sales dollars conflict with the manufacture and distribution objectives. Many manufacturing operations are designed to maximize throughput and lower costs with little regard for the impact on inventory levels and distribution capabilities. Purchase Contracts are often negotiated with very little information beyond historical buying patterns.

The result of these factors is that No single integrated plan for the organization — there were many plans as businesses. Clearly, there is a need for a mechanism by which these functions can be integrated together. management of the supply chain is a strategy by which a Such integration can be achieved.

In addition, shortened product life cycles, increased competition and higher expectations of customers have forced Many tech companies to move from physical logistic management towards a more advanced supply chain. In addition, in recent years it has become clear that many companies have reduced their manufacturing costs as much as practicable. Therefore, in many cases the only possible way to further reduce costs and delays to the management of effective supply chain.

In addition to reducing costs, approach to supply chain management also facilitates improved customer service. It allows the management of:

– Inventories,
transportation systems – and
– The whole distribution

so that organizations are able to respond and exceed the expectations of their customers.

The major objective of managing the supply chain is to reduce or eliminate inventory buffers between the assemblies in the chain through the sharing of information on demand and current inventory levels.

In general, an organization needs an effective supply system and appropriate management chain so that the following areas strategic and competitive can be used to their full advantage if a system of managing the supply chain is properly implemented.

1. Satisfaction of raw materials:

Ensuring the right quantity of parts for production or products sales come at the right time. This is possible through effective communication, ensuring that orders are placed with the appropriate amount of time available to fill. The management system of the supply chain allows a society constantly see what is in stock and ensuring that the right quantities are ordered to replace the stocks.

2. Logistics

The cost of transporting the materials lowest possible consistent with safe and reliable delivery. Here, the management of the supply chain system enables a company to have a contact Standing with his sales team, which may consist of trucks, trains, or any other mode of transportation. The system may allow the company to follow where the materials are needed at any time. In addition, it may be worthwhile to share transportation costs with a partner company in case of transfers are not large enough to fill a whole truck and this again allows the company to make that decision.

3. Smooth Production:

production lines ensure smooth operation, as the highest quality parts are available when needed. Production can be performed to Following the execution of logistics and proper implementation. If the exact quantity is not ordered and delivered on time, production will be stopped, but its system of effective supply chain management in place will ensure that production can always go smoothly, without delays caused by ordering and transportation.

4. Increased revenues and profits:

Ensuring no sales are lost because shelves are empty. Management the supply chain improves business flexibility to respond to unexpected changes in demand and supply. For this Therefore, a company has the capacity to produce goods at lower prices and distribute them to consumers more quickly, then companies, without chain management supply and increasing the overall profit.

5. Cost reduction:

Maintain cost of parts and products purchased at acceptable levels. management of the supply chain reduces costs by increasing inventory turnover in the workshop and warehouse quality control of goods by reducing the costs of internal failure and external work with suppliers to produce the most cost effective to manufacture a product.

6. Mutual success:

Among the partners supply chain to ensure mutual success. Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) is a commitment long-term joint work on quality and support by the buyer of supplier management, technological and capacity development. This relationship allows a company to have access to timely, reliable, to obtain lower inventories, reduce lead times, improve product quality, improve forecast accuracy and, ultimately, improve customer service and overall profits. Suppliers also benefit from the cooperative relationship through increased buyer input suggestions on improving the quality and the costs and the savings shared. Consumers can also benefit through higher quality products supplied at a lower cost.

4. Activities and functions of SCM in Siemens

management of the supply chain is an approach Multi-functional management of the movement of materials within the organization and movement of finished goods from the organization to the consumer final. As companies seek to focus on core competencies and become more flexible, they have reduced their ownership of sources of raw materials and distribution channels. These functions are increasingly outsourced to other companies who can perform the activities lower cost and more efficiently. The effect was to increase the number of companies involved in satisfying consumer demand, while reducing management control of daily logistics operations. Less control and more partners in the supply chain has led creating concepts of supply chain management. The management objective of the supply chain is to improve confidence and collaboration between partners in the supply chain, thus improving inventory visibility and improving inventory velocity.

Several models have been proposed for understanding the activities required to transport materials management across borders organizational and functional. SCOR is a management model of supply chain promoted by the Supply-Chain Council. Another model is the SCM Model proposed by the Global Supply Chain Forum (GSCF). activities of the supply chain can be grouped into strategic, tactical and operational activities.

(A) Strategy: –

Strategic network optimization, including the number, location and size of warehouses, distribution centers and facilities.

-Strategic partnership with suppliers, distributors and customers, creating channels of communication of critical information and operational improvements such as transshipment, shipping line, and third party logistics.

coordination of product design, so that new and existing products can be optimally integrated in the supply chain.

-Information Technology infrastructure, to support the operations of the supply chain.

-Where do and what he must make or buy decisions.

(B) tactics: -

Sourcing contracts and other purchasing decisions.

Production decisions, including contracting, locations, planning and definition of the planning process.

Inventory decisions, including including the quantity, location and quality of inventory. transport strategy, including frequency, routes, and contracts.

-Benchmarking of all operations against competitors and the implementation of best practices in the company.

(C) Operational –

daily production and distribution planning, including all nodes in the supply chain.

Programming production for each unit of production to the supply chain (minute by minute).

the demand planning and forecasting, coordination the demand forecast of all customers and sharing forecasts with all suppliers.

planning, sourcing, including inventory and forecast demand, in collaboration with all suppliers. entering transactions, including transportation from suppliers and receiving inventory.

Operations production, including consumption of materials and finished goods flow.

Outbound operations, including all activities in achieving and transportation to customers.

Order-promising, which represents all the constraints in the supply chain, including all suppliers, manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, and other customers. Performance tracking of all activities.

SUPPLY MANAGEMENT integrated chain

An integrated supply chain management simplifies the process and increases profitability by providing the right product at the right place at the right time and at the lowest possible cost. Unlike manufacturing business supplies, clinical supplies planning is very dynamic and can often have last minute changes. Kit available patient when the patient arrives at the investigator site is very important for the success of clinical trials.

This results in overproduction of medications to take care of last minute changes in demand. manufacturing R & D is very expensive and the overproduction of patient kits adds significant costs to the total cost of clinical trials.

Chain integrated supply reduces the overproduction of pharmaceuticals by the effective demand management, planning, inventory management. The implementation of ERP (SAP) in R & D can have serious ROI efficient procurement and inventory management system and reducing overproduction.

How-integration is achieved in the supply chain?

Step 1:

Full functional independence where each function such as production or the purchase is its own thing in complete isolation function of the company. For example, the production function seeks to maximize its unit cost of production by producing long runs with respect for the accumulation of finished goods inventory and advance the impact it will have on the storage and working capital.

Step 2:

Businesses recognize the need for limited integration between the adjacent function such as distribution and Inventory management or purchasing and material control.

Stage 3:

A natural extension of the second stage lead to the creation and implementation of integrated end to end. A concept of linkage and coordination is ensured.

STAGE 4:

The link made in the third phase is extended to upstream suppliers and downstream customers. It represents the actual supply chain integration. This concept is also called "co-management of inventory (CMI).

Force managing the supply chain of trust and cooperation and recognition that is well managed the whole cane be greater than the sum of its parts. "

The decisions of inventory:

They relate to the means by which stocks are managed. Inventories exist at every stage of the supply chain, namely raw materials, semi-finished or finished. They can also be taking place between places. Their primary goal as a buffer against any uncertainty that might exist in the supply chain. Since the holding of inventories can cost anywhere from 20 to 40 percent of their value, their efficient management is essential in the supply chain operations. It is long term in the sense that senior management sets the goals. However, most researchers have approached the management of stocks to short the long term. This including deployment strategies (push-pull cons), control policies — the determination of the amount of optimal levels of order and reorder points, and setting safety stock levels at each store location. These levels are essential because they are the main factors determinants of levels of customer service.

5. Inventory Management

Database Inventory

An important component of inventory planning involves access to a database inventory. It is a structured framework that contains the information necessary to effectively manage all the items of inventory, from raw materials to finished products. This information includes the classification and amount of inventory, the demand for items, cost for the company for each element, the command holding costs and other data.

The task of planning the inventory can be very complex. At the same time it is based on fundamental principles. In doing so, we must understand and determine the optimal batch size to be ordered. The EOQ (economic quantities) refers to the optimal size for resulting in the lowest total of the order and carrying costs and order. In calculating the amount of economic the company is trying to determine the volume of orders to minimize total inventory costs. During the interrogation of the two curves shows the transportation cost curve is more linear that the list kept for a period, the greater the cost of its operations. Control cost curve, the other is different. The costs of control decreases with increasing order sizes. The point where the cost curve ie the curve taking transportation costs and the cost curve control to meet, represent the lowest total cost, which is also the order quantity economic or the optimal amount.

PRODUCTIVITY

In industry, there will be a competitor who will be a producer low cost and have a larger volume of sales in this sector. This is partly due to economies of scale that allow fixed costs spread a larger volume, but more particularly the impact of the experience curve.

It is possible to identify and predict improvements in rates of return of workers as they become more skilled in the processes and tasks on which they work. Bruce Henderson extended this concept by demonstrating that all costs, not just production costs, decrease at a rate that the volume has increased. This decrease costs apply only to the value added, ie costs other than supplies purchased. Traditionally, it has been suggested The major route of cost reduction was due to better sales volume and there can be no doubt about the close link between cost units Relative market and relative. However, we must also recognize that the logistics management can provide a multitude of ways to increase efficiency and productivity and thereby contribute significantly reduced unit costs.
In today's turbulent environment over there has no possibility of manufacturing and marketing acting independently of each other. It is now generally accepted that the need understand and respond to customer needs is a sine qua non for survival. Meanwhile, in the search for improved cost competitiveness, manufacturing management has been the massive revival. The last decade has seen the rapid introduction of flexible manufacturing systems, new approaches to inventory based on material requirements planning (MRP) and just in time (JIT) methods, the continued focus on quality.
Similarly, there was a growing recognition of the critical role that markets play in creating and maintaining a competitive advantage in the context of a Integrated logistics processes.

In this scheme, the logistics are essentially an integrating concept that seeks to develop a system broad vision of the company. It is basically a concept plan that aims to create a framework in which the needs of the manufacturing strategy and plan, which bind in turn to a strategy and plan procurement.

Inventory Flow:

Management Logistics is concerned about the movement and storage of materials and finished products. logistics operations starting with the initial transfer of a material or a component supplier and are finalized when manufactured or processed product is delivered to a customer. From the initial purchase of material or component, logistics value adding process. By moving the inventory when and where needed. Thus, the material value of earnings at each step. For a large manufacturer, logistics operations can consist of thousands of movements, which eventually lead to product delivery to a user industrial, wholesaler, distributor or customer. Similarly, for a retailer, logistics operations can begin by buying products for resale and can put end consumer pickup or delivery.

The important point is that whatever the size or type of business, logistics is useful and should be continued attention of management.

Related inventory costs

bearing the cost of inventory (CPI):

-Tax
-Storage
Capital
-Insurance
Obsolescence-
-Command:
-Communication
Treatment, including materials
Handling and packaging
activities-update, including
-The reception and processing date

Inventory Decisions basis

There are two basic decisions that must be made for each item that is maintained in the inventory. These decisions have to do with the timing of orders for the item and size of orders for the item.

CAUSE Cost of inventories

Costs Point, holding costs, ordering costs Cost of shortage,
The direct cost to get a point. Cost of purchase orders outside of the manufacturing cost for internal controls. The costs associated with transporting items in stock. Storage and other related costs. Costs associated with a fixed order (ie a cost of purchase orders to outside, or installation costs for internal controls). The costs associated with not having enough inventory to meet demand.

EOQ:

The EOQ can be calculated with the help of a mathematical formula. following assumptions are involved in the calculation:
1. Constant or uniform of the application although The EOQ model assumes constant demand, the application may vary from day to day. If the request is not known in advance, the model must be modified by adding equipment safely.
2. Constant-price unit EOQ model assumes that the purchase price per unit of material remain the same regardless of the order proposed by vendors include variable costs resulting from volume discounts, the total cost in EOQ model can be redefined.
3. Constant cost of ownership of units carrying costs can significantly increases the size of stocks, may be lower due to economies of scale or increase the efficiency of storage or storage space is scarce and new Stores should be hired.
4. Constant cost-control hypothesis is generally valid. However, any violation in this regard may be accepted by the modification of EOQ model in a manner similar to that used for the unit price varies.
5. Instant delivery if delivery is not instantaneous, which is usually the case, the original EOQ model must be modified by the inclusion of a safety stock.
6. Independent command if multiple commands result in cost savings by reducing paperwork and transportation costs, the original model EOQ has yet to be modified. Although this change is somewhat complicated, EOQ models have been developed to cope.
These assumptions have been reported to illustrate the limits of the basic EOQ model and how it can be easily modified to compensate.

The formula for the EOQ model is:
2 M Co
S CC

Where M = is the annual demand
Co is the cost of the order
CC is the cost of holding inventory
S = is the unit price of an item.
Limitations of the EOQ formula
1. Erratic changes uses the formula- involves the use of materials is both predictable and evenly distributed. Where this is not the case, the formula becomes useless.
2. Lack of basic information of order cost varies from product to product performance and cost may vary depending on the opportunity cost of the corporation. Thus, the assumption that the cost of ordering and carrying cost remains constant is defective and therefore EOQ calculations are not correct.
3. expensive computations: the calculation needed to find EOQ time consuming. More elaborate formulas are even more expensive. In many If the cost of the estimated cost of ownership and acquisition and EOQ calculation exceeds the savings by purchasing this quantity.
4. No formula is a substitute for common sense, sometimes the EOQ may suggest that we order a particular product each week (the provision of six years) based on the assumption that we need at the same rate for the next six years. However we have to order in quantities in our sole discretion. Some items may be ordered each week, some may be ordered per month, depending on how it is possible for the company.
5. EOQ control must be tempered Judgement by the guidelines may offer a conflict in the command. If a strategy of conflict control with a target operational restrictions strategy should be developed to allow compliance with the target.

Quantity discounts: In the EOQ analysis, it was assumed that prices of materials and transportation costs are constant factors in the range of quantities considered order. In practice, certain situations occur in which the unit cost of a given material decreases significantly if a slightly higher than initially calculated EOQ is purchased. quantity discounts, the rates of freight rates and price increases may create such situations. These additional variables may also be included in the formula.

Cost to complete an inventory:

Carrying material in Inventory is expensive. A number of studies have indicated that the annual cost of running an inventory of average production about 25% of the value of the inventory. The escalating and volatile costs of money has increased the annual inventory carrying costs to a figure between 25% – 35% of the value of the inventory. The five elements are the costs:
1) The opportunity cost (12% -20%)
2) the cost of insurance (2% – 4%)
3) Property taxes (1% – 3%)
4) Storage costs (1% – 3%)
5) obsolescence and deterioration (4% – 10%)
Total cost of carry (20% – 40%)

Let us briefly examine these costs:

The opportunity cost of funds invested

When a company uses the money to purchase of production equipment and keeps it in inventory, it just that much less money to spend for other purposes. Money invested in securities or external equipment to produce a return of the company. Thus, it is logical to assume all capital invested in stocks of a amount equal to the one he could get elsewhere in the company. This is the opportunity cost related to investment inventories.

Insurance cost

Most companies insure the goods against any losses incurred by fire and other forms of damage.

Property taxes

This is levied on the assessed value of the assets of a company, plus the value of inventory, the bill plus the value of assets and therefore the higher taxation of the company.

Storage fees

The warehouse is depreciated each year over the entire length of his life. This cost can be attributed to the inventory to occupy the space.

Obsolescence and deterioration

In most inventory transactions, a certain percentage of the booty stock is damaged, is stolen, or eventually become obsolete. A number always takes place, even if they are treated carefully.

In general, this group of carrying costs rose and fell almost in proportion to the rise and fall of the level of stocks.

The ABC classification:

Indicators that classifies a material as an A, Part B or C according to its consumption value . The classification process is known as the ABC analysis.
The three indicators have the following meanings:
An important part of the value of the high consumption
B-less, medium-value consumer
the C-relatively little importance, the low value consumer

The classification system ABC is to group items according to the volume of annual sales, in an attempt to identify the small number of objects that represent the bulk of the volume sales and are the most important control for effective inventory management.

Reorder Point: The inventory level R in which an order is placed where R = DL, D = demand rate (rate period of application (daily, weekly, etc.), and L = time.

Security Stock: remaining inventory from the time an order is placed and that further action is received. If there is not enough inventory, so a shortage may occur.
safety stock is a hedge against the operation of the inventory. It is an extra inventory to take Supported on unforeseen events. It is often called buffer stock. The lack of inventory is called a shortage.

ABC Inventory Classifications

The ABC classification process is an analysis of a series of elements, such as finished products or customers into three categories: A – exceptionally important; B – medium size; C – relatively unimportant as the basis for a system of control. Each category can and sometimes must be handled differently, with more attention is devoted to category A, B minus, and less to C.

Inventory Control Application: The ABC classification system is to group items based on annual sales volume in an attempt to identify the small number of objects that represent the bulk of sales volume and are the most important control for effective inventory management.

The breakeven analysis depends on the following variables:
1. Selling price: The amount of money charged to the customer for each unit of a product or a service.
2. Total fixed costs: The sum of all costs required to produce the first unit product. This amount does not vary as production increases or decreases, until new investments are needed.
3. Variable Unit Cost: Costs that vary directly with the production of an additional unit.
Total Cost of Variable product unit sales expected and the unit cost variable, ie, unit sales are expected once the unit cost variable.
4. Forecast net profit: Total revenue less the total cost. Enter zero (0) if you want to know the number of units to be sold to produce a profit of zero (but recover all costs associated)

Balance Point in Siemens: Number of units that must be sold to generate a profit of zero (but to recover all costs). In other words, the breakeven point the point at which your product stops costing money to produce and sell, and starts to generate profits for your business.
where:
Q = equilibrium point, ie, units of production (Q),
FC = fixed costs,
VC = Variable Costs P. Unit
UP = Unit Price
Therefore,
Break-Even Point Q = Fixed Cost / Unit Price (- Unit Variable)

The inventory control and inventory

Stock control, otherwise known as inventory control, is used to show amount of stock you have at any time, and how you keep track of it.
It applies to every item you use to produce a product or service, from raw materials to finished products. It covers actions at each stage of production, purchase and delivery use and the reorganization of the stock.

Efficient stock control allows you to have the right amount of stock at the right place at the right time. It ensures that capital is not tied unnecessarily, and protects production if problems with the supply chain.

supply chain management providers of stocks:

Allows partners to supply chain share of criticism, demand and inventory information in real time and uses both integrated and web applications to reduce administration costs, shorter cycle times and help lower inventory levels. Our unique, managed supply hub requires initial investment little, but quickly starts delivering high performance in real time

Overview Inventory Control

Normal Inventory

What it sounds, this type of stock item will be used for the majority of your parts. It will properly track inventory received and sold on a first title in the first place, will handle sales costs, and you know when you're out of stock.

Inventory type not

It is used to sell things that are not really stock items. For example, you could be selling the warranty, but because you not guaranteed in a box for sale, and you'll never run out of stock, you will not need to maintain inventory control on this. In addition, There is no cost of sales adjustment with non-stock items. The system will not calculate how much you paid for the item, and do will not try to remove the value of inventory in the general ledger. If you sell something that will cost you money, you have to treat this information manually.

Labor Parts

You (probably) have no technicians suspended from hooks in your back room, so that non-inventory, the system does not attempt to remove them from inventory when you sell an item work. The two differences between the non-inventoried items that are Labour you can possibly have prompted code technician who did the work so you can print reports showing who does what work. In addition, the system will eventually request a comment to explain what has been done to the description of service work can be printed on the invoice.

Note also that you can possibly keep track of how much time has been spent and how much time was billed on a per job basis. At the end of the month, you can then print technician productivity reports to compare the total time spent compared to billable hours. In the automotive industry, mechanics can do the job faster than what is charged, because the billing is based on industry standards.

Shipping Items

The lots can be used to keep track of the inventory you do not have one, but when you sell, you must pay for it. You will able to generate various reports, including a list of the inventory that is the lot but are not sold and a list of stocks sold on consignment, but not yet paid.

Inventory floor plan

Floor plans are very similar to the expedition, unless you take possession and own inventory when you receive it, but you do not have to pay for it until it sold, or until it has been in the store for a negotiated period of time. However, you have the inventory and are in pay for it some time.

Some companies want floor plans of the possibility to check the serial number inventory by serial number for the larger elements, and others do not want to count the number of each model number on hand. Regardless, Wind System Five can handle it.

On the accounts payable side, you'll be able to keep track of who owes you money, too (ground planning business) and you have actually purchased the inventory (vendor) and generate good stories each.

Tire Inventory

Windward System Five has the ability to sort and classify the tires by size, aspect ratio and rim size. In addition, you will also able to search for tires by simply typing in some search criteria and have the system opens a window for all matches.

When the list displays a list of tires that can all fit the vehicle, the system can sort the list to display items with the greatest amount in stock at the top of the list and items that are out of stock at the bottom of the list. This will help you sell what you actually sell instead of creating special orders.

Product Inventory

The products are items such as vehicles that you might service After repair or, to sell to the customer. In other words, they are an element in the database that can be sold and when sold, are automatically added to the list of products that customers can be worked on.

Examples are vehicles, trucks, recreational vehicles, refrigerators, air conditioners and chainsaws. This system will allow you to store information about these products, such as brand model, year, and other comments, and will also be able to list all work or service performed between two dates.

Windward System Five can also trace the goods as a recreational vehicle by tracking the cost of the item before the sale, and add other elements of PDI. In addition, the system can generate a "wash" report to a deep level show the costs and revenues related to trade in.

Serialized Inventory

These elements must be followed by their serial numbers can be marked as serialized inventory. For example, refrigerators, stoves, computers and All chain saws can be serialized. Note that if you have the service of these items in the future and keeping track of all the work that you do on them, they must be registered as the products instead of serial numbers.

Types of stocks

Several types of inventories are performed, depending on the type of materials involved and the type of information needed. Inventory bulkhead partition

Inventory bulkhead wall is a physical inventory of all equipment stock in the ship or in a specific inventory partition wall of a cellar specific storeroom.A are taken in case of a random sample survey of the reservation does not meet the rate of inventory accuracy of 90 percent when reached following an inspection of Supply Management (SMI). It is also taken when directed by the commander or when circumstances clearly indicate that it is essential to effective inventory control.

Inventory of specific products

The inventory of specific products is a physical inventory of all items under the symbol knowledge, FSC, or support the same function operational, such as spare parts, boat, electron tubes, boiler tubes, or bricks. The inventory is taken in the same conditions as a bulkhead to bulkhead inventory, however, prior knowledge of the number of specific actions and location of the item is necessary to conduct an inventory of specific commodities

Special Materials Inventory

A inventory of special equipment required physical inventory of all items which, because of their physical characteristics, the costs of the essentiality mission, and criticality, are specifically designated for separate identification and inventory control. inventories of special equipment include, without limitation, items stored or designated as hazardous. special equipment inventories also controlled crew and silver presentation

Inventory Advantage contr ol

Inventory Control you gives the possibility to manage your inventory, your way. As one of the modules most flexible and comprehensive peace in the Advantage, you can choose the level of control that best suits your specific business needs. Your inventory can be valued on a LIFO, FIFO or average cost. Choose use parts explosions, numbered inventory, allocations of parts, suppliers, warehouses and an audit trail. System can also track the quantity sold for each item for the past 12 months and, using these data, provides a sales analysis report to help you better manage your inventory. Financing is facilitated by the report that indicates the years serialized elements have been serialized in your inventory the longest and how much you have outstanding. Pricing can be normalized by rounding to a given factor or set at a specific suffix. With Report below the minimum stock reorganization is automatic and accurate. Inventory Control is a standalone module that can also be integrated with purchasing Orders, Admission POS, billing Order / employment, billing time and quick sale.
21-character alphanumeric item number field
Research on the number, item description (21 characters) and group (15 characters) areas
Hits Sections of serialized
Allows replaced, preceded and replacement items
Unlimited descriptions can be added articles
Handles and gross markup cost benefits
Can automatically update prices and discounts point
Handles basic prices
Produces a report re-order based on the amount of minimum stock
Stores unlimited number of tracks per item and recommends a better "salesman
Loved allowances including allowances explosion
Up to 254 discounts per item, including quantity discounts break
unit conversions can be defined for each element for both the purchase and sale of quantities
Allows transfer of warehouse and adjustments other quantity
Establish special sale dates for the lower discount factor

Product forms physical inventory
Imports of physical inventory and received volumes of data collected with handheld computers
Provides up to 255 levels parts explosion for you to identify all components of your stock assembled
Automatically updates cost and price articles based on the explosion subset changes
• Reports best and worst selling items in each of eight different
• Articles blows by location or quantity in multiple warehouses
• Can automatically generate items based on model element
• Use quick entry to facilitate entry of data items

Disadvantages:

• belt should be slightly reduced for the movement card (one way);

• may require more units booster powered in some applications;

• can not be used to provide inter-floor except Travel;

• goods must be pushed manually when horizontal;

• No positive control on the movement cardboard;

• produces a line pressure when the accumulation.
• Require the effectiveness of the earth

We propose a evaluation method of the new assemblies, recoverable and recovered (products, components, parts, etc.) in systems production to reverse logistics. The values of the meetings influence the rate of opportunity costs of their operations and are essential for the comparison of strategies average inventory cost models. We argue that the proposed method is "correct" from a discounted cash flow (DCF) point of view. We refer to previous results on the evaluation of assemblies in systems without disassembly of products returned that seem to confirm this hypothesis. In addition, we test the method on a concrete example with disassembly of returned products. Results simulations indicate that the method leads one to (almost) the optimal inventory strategies DCF.

Conditioning

Siemens, with its large product volumes, low margins and fierce competition, constantly seeking to improve the efficiency of its supply chain. The food retailer uses a huge amount of packaging and is directly affected by packaging logistics activities. It is, therefore, potential for improving efficiency in the retail grocery supply chain through integration and development of new packaging systems and logistics. handling package is identified as one of the main activities who have a strong impact on the overall cost of the supply chain. This article reviews research packaging handling evaluation methods and explains how they are used to benefit the industry in the industry, have been used to evaluate packaging and logistics. This work, along with a review of the literature was used to identify the needs assessment methods and the availability current methods. The results revealed a lack of sufficient and usable packaging handling evaluation methods in the grocery today and the packaging especially from a logistical standpoint. The document also highlights the lack of systematization Among the methods used and some how they can be used to construct a systematic and multi-functional model to use information from different studies to build a knowledge base for future

-Inventory Management Vendor

Siemens is a leading manufacturer worldwide, focused on delivering operational services to high technology companies, needed to take advantage of stocks managed by the suppliers (VMI) the deferral and optimal fulfillment solutions to remain competitive in its market of low-margin manufacturing. Its objective was to find ways to reduce the redundancy of stocks, improve customer responsiveness by reducing cycle time and simplified vendor management and contract administration. The manufacturer also needs to increase the existing infrastructure, while reducing investment in additional staff, facilities and systems

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)

Vendor Managed Inventory supports the efficient flow of materials on the market. Working closely with you and your suppliers, we automate the management process forecasts with a web-based software that allows the movement of supply more accurately mirror shop – and even platform level – the application.
Move in your inventory and demand planning of our distribution centers and management. We may store and product stage for refueling releasing our often limited or storage. We provide forecasts of visibility, comparing the actual demand against DC-on-hand in hand store and inventory in transit. When store or inventory is below predetermined levels, automatic alerts are sent to you and your provider incentives reconstitution.

Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN) provides details on inventory in transit from suppliers to gain visibility inventory deeper into the supply chain. This allows the commitment of trust based on what orders inflow.
Property stocks postpone until transfer to your site. Once your inventory is moved to the job than us with your suppliers to transition the ownership of inventory until demand occurs.
Make value-added services, allowing you to manage more effectively the flow of goods in the manufacture or directly on the market.

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)

Vendor Managed Inventory by Kuehne + Nagel supports efficient movement of materials on the market. Working closely with you and your suppliers, we automate the process of management planning software based on the Web that allows the flow of supply more accurately mirror shop – and even platform level – Demand.
Move your inventory in and out of our distribution centers and manage the planning application with web-based applications. We store and stage of prod

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