“Propuesta de un sistema de control de inventarios en la línea poliéster 3 de la empresa eka corporación”

Abstract

This proposed article contains the development of an inventory management model, which leads to improved levels of the polyester line 3 Auto (Closures) of the company Eka Corporatión. According to an analysis performed on the process, it can be shown that there is no quantitative method to forecast the demand of the items on the line. The company has been presenting problems such as: about some items, exhausted ítems and long delivery time of other items, due to the lack of inventories, which leads to urgent orders to meet customers' needs on a permanent basis. As a starting point for improvement is updated the historical demand of the previous 12 months analyzed for polyester items 3, an ABC classification of the 3,649 items is performed to determine the level of importance and reclassification AA of the 231 items, super important, then proceeded to analyze the coefficient of variation, the demand pattern and the forecast models , to subsequently follow up minimally every 3 days for a quarterly period, to have control of the items with greater rotation and maintain the optimal level of inventory for satisfaction as demand requires. The proposal made it possible to determine for AA items, how often to review inventory, how much to order, and when to order. As textile companies did, it achieved positive results, ABC analysis for assets and forecasting