Inventory Management Recommendations
Although Lynair’s current inventory management practices prove functionality over the last 20 years, there are five feasible options that will drastically improve parts accountability, and the amount of time spent on producing requisitions and purchase orders. The findings revealed a significant amount of time spent locating parts, and creating a requisition request for parts needed to complete an order even though there are many viable ways to improve operations. The five recommendations include; utilizing current software capabilities that are currently not being used; having noteworthy vendors implement their designed reordering systems; further review outside software systems to support inventory
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Once a parts order is received the stock room specialist will receive the parts list, pull the parts and scan the amount of parts he is pulling from each bin. If the line number falls under the minimum requirement, then an automatic purchase order for the providing vendor will be produced for reorder to the maximum number set. The purchase order can be reviewed, and ordered as necessary. Creating a barcode for 3,100 items will take significant time; however, after all barcodes are established, there will be accountability of all parts in the stock room, and purchase orders can be made automatically. This then results in a faster order fill rates due to having sufficient inventory to complete orders; opposed to the image above, where there are at least four orders awaiting parts due to lacking inventory. Also, the current software provides the IT specialist the freedom to create any type of report that the Vice President of Purchasing would want for inventory management. This recommendation provides multiple improvements; gains accountability of all inventory, allows for purchase orders to be automatically created once the minimum threshold is met, any type of report can be created and tracked, and there are minimum costs associated with this option due to the existing software. Things to consider for this recommendation; a significant amount of time will be needed to
Evaluate the role their inventory plays in the company’s performance, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
One of the biggest improvements to be made that would assist the manufacturing, delivery and shipping systems are changes to the inventory management system. The inventory management system needs to be upgraded to a less manual, more automated system utilizing barcode technology. Barcodes would be placed on every product built and/or raw materials received by Riordan. Inventory would be scanned when picked from the shelves, would be scanned when placed on transit, and would be scanned upon arrival and departure at any Riordan facility. This would be put into place for both raw materials arriving as well as products that are post-production and ready for distribution. With accurate inventory counts, the company could better forecast low inventory levels and drive manufacturing based on the available inventory and projected orders from our customers. The system will have reorder quantities established and will auto-reorder when inventory levels get
After careful assessment of the infrastructure and inventory systems used at Riordan Manufacturing, our team has identified these systems are outdated and unable to effectively manage the day to day processing. As a global leader in the manufacturing of plastic products, the performance and reliability of the infrastructure is crucial to the continued success and growth of your company’s operations. Therefore, our solution to uplift the infrastructure and launch of the Riordan Global Operations System (R.G.O) a new platform for supporting inventory and managing customer orders . Our system will enable your employees and customers see
The purpose of this course project is to address the ongoing issues surrounding my companies, REI (Recreation Equipment Inc.,) inventory management issue and to see if we can find a software program better suited to the companies needs. The goal is to find products quickly and efficiently. Customer satisfaction is key to driving sales and profit in any company. As a result a software upgrade is certainly needed in order to compete with other companies in the same industry.
A supply chain solution to ordering would be to invest in purchasing software set up on a network for KFF management and store managers to access at anytime. This software would allow all stores to place orders cohesively. Each store manager can see how much product is being sold in each store and compare sales. If there is an overstock in one store, managers can move inventory to another store by looking at the data on the network. Kathy can implement a Just-in-Time (JIT) system. This is the concept behind creating the firm 's product in the least amount of time (Gomez-Mejia & Balkin, 2002). Kathy and the management team will develop a smooth and integrated production process. Possibly in the future KFF can use the same type of JIT inventory systems as Wal-Mart. The inventory reorders are generated as products are scanned at check out. As soon as an items hits a certain number in stock, the information is sent to the supplier for reorder
As the inventory has normal upkeep which may not appear to be an overwhelming assignment, as it has one special case. It gathers the data by the nine database frameworks which gave by parts producers. Over numerous years the procedures require various projects and help to take more opportunity to finish as it require help for preparing amid troublesome times and learning through entangled framework work. ETAI utilized various projects and create grouping the information by various
Northcutt Bikes is a bike manufacturer and a service provider of bike parts to the many retail businesses that sell Northcutt bikes. Northcutt Bikes has a warehouse that is 95% utilized however they have an order fulfillment rate of less than 80%. This has caused a loss of revenue due to orders being cancelled when needed parts are not in stock. To resolve the problem, we looked at 3 alternatives including establishing pooling groups within the same geographic region, establishing a continuous review inventory management system or staying the course. Our recommendation is to establish a continuous review inventory system that will reduce unnecessary inventory, increase needed inventory and improve service levels.
Marcey Dascenzo, as of today we have initiated our new inventory system. After two hours of labor, the employees observed two missing boxes when loading the freight truck from a customer’s order. I send a memo reminding the employees to double check the orders against the invoices before loading the trucks.
Parts Plus is a major supplier for the most recognized computer manufacturers around the United States. Parts Plus is a computer parts wholesaler with 20 warehouses located strategically in major cities on the East Coast, Midwest and West Coast. In addition, there are dozens of reputable retailers that carry the parts in their stores. The retailers that Parts Plus partner with are also purposefully located in major cities with the highest number of computer sales such as Best Buy, Office Max, Staples, Wal-Mart and other major computer retailers. The retailers are well stocked with the latest software as well as hardware accessories from Parts
The purpose for this paper is to identify two principles of inventory management. An explanation on how inventory management affects a businesses cash conversion cycle and cost of goods will be covered. Next, supply chain components as they relate to the week four simulations will be discussed. Lastly, an explanation of the bottleneck theory will be given along with two solutions on how to resolve the bottleneck issue.
Merchandise Inventory has two types of Inventory systems, Perpetual and Periodic. The perpetual inventory system is based on a running total of units as well as using point-of-sales (POS) registers and scanner (Price, Haddock, & Farina, 2015). The perpetual inventory system on the other hand is based on a periodic count of goods that are on hand, requires that a physical count of the inventory be performed when creating the financial statements of a company. There are also different methods that are used when assigning costs to products, these are: Specific Identification Method, Average Cost Method, FIFO Method (First In-First Out), and LIFO Method (Last In-First Out). When getting ready to choose a method it is
The multi echelon inventory optimization would be best suitable for Johnson Skin Care Products it reduces excess inventory while maintaining and improving customer service levels.
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An inventory strategy companies employ to increase efficiency and decrease waste by receiving goods only as they are needed in the production process, thereby reducing inventory costs.
Inventories are those asset items which are either used for the production of goods to be sold or used directly for the purpose of sales. It is a major portion of current assets and thus there is need to do careful investment in the same. Different kind of companies has different forms of inventory. For example; a company that is into direct selling of readymade goods will have only merchandise inventory in their accounts while the manufacturing companies will have inventory in three forms i.e. raw materials, work in progress and the final or finished product. The inventory at different stages plays different roles like the raw materials are that inventory which is used for the production of goods for selling purpose. Work in progress is that inventory which is in production, i.e. goods in production for sale and the final or finished product is that inventory which is ready for sale .