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Business logistics. Field inventory management, commonly known as inventory management, is the task of understanding the stock mix of a company and the handling of the different demands placed on that stock. The demands are influenced by both external and internal factors and are balanced by the creation of purchase order requests to keep ...
Inventory optimization. Inventory optimization refers to the techniques used by businesses to improve their oversight, control and management of inventory size and location across their extended supply network. [1] It has been observed within operations research that "every company has the challenge of matching its supply volume to customer demand.
Safety stock is held when uncertainty exists in demand, supply, or manufacturing yield, and serves as an insurance against stockouts. Safety stock is an additional quantity of an item held in the inventory to reduce the risk that the item will be out of stock. It acts as a buffer stock in case sales are greater than planned and/or the supplier ...
Inventory control or stock control can be broadly defined as "the activity of checking a shop's stock". [1] It is the process of ensuring that the right amount of supply is available within a business. [2] However, a more focused definition takes into account the more science-based, methodical practice of not only verifying a business's ...
Inventory planning. Inventory planning involves using forecasting techniques to estimate the inventory required to meet consumer demand. [1][2][3] The process uses data from customer demand patterns, market trends, supply patterns, and historical sales to generate a demand plan that predicts product needs over a specified period.
Inventory management software is a software system for tracking inventory levels, orders, sales and deliveries. [1] It can also be used in the manufacturing industry to create a work order, bill of materials and other production-related documents. Companies use inventory management software to avoid product overstock and outages.
In materials management, ABC analysis is an inventory categorisation technique which divides inventory into three categories: 'A' items, with very tight control and accurate records, 'B' items, less tightly controlled and with moderate records, and 'C' items, with the simplest controls possible and minimal records.
Functions. Supply chain management is a cross-functional approach that includes managing the movement of raw materials into an organization, certain aspects of the internal processing of materials into finished goods, and the movement of finished goods out of the organization and toward the end consumer.