This document discusses various concepts related to inventory management. It defines inventory as stock of goods and explains that inventory includes raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods for a manufacturing company. It also discusses determining economic order quantity by balancing ordering and carrying costs. Other concepts covered include ABC analysis for inventory classification, just-in-time manufacturing, inventory turnover ratio, and stock keeping units. The overall purpose of inventory management is to avoid understocking or overstocking.
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2. The dictionary meaning of Inventory is STOCK OF
GOODS.
The word inventory is understood differently by
various authors. In accounting it may mean stock of
finished goods only.
In a manufacturing concern, it may include raw
materials, work in progress and stores, etc.
In Retail, the amount of stock present in a retail
outlet and ready to be distributed.
3. Inventory Management is a Science primarily about
specifying the shape and percentage of stocked
goods.
A proper planning of purchasing, storing, and
accounting should form a part of inventory
management.
An efficient system of inventory management will
determine:
1)What to purchase
4. 2) How much to purchase
3)From where to purchase.
4)Where to Store.
The purpose of inventory management is to keep the
stock in such a way that neither there is over- stocking
nor under- stocking.
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7. EOQ is a quantity of
inventory which can
reasonably be ordered
economically at time.
In determining this
point, ordering costs and
Carrying Costs are taken
into consideration.
Ordering costs are
basically the cost of
placing an order.
8. Carrying cost includes costs of storage facilities and
loss of value through physical deterioration, cost of
obsolescence.
The balancing point is known as Economic Order
Quantity.
9. Under this the inventory is classified into 3
categories viz. A B and C. These categories are based
upon the inventory value and cost significance .
Items of High value and small in no. are termed as
A.
Items of moderate value and moderate in no. are
termed as B.
Items of small value and large in no. are in category
C
It means Always Better Control
10. The cost of each item is multiplied by the no. used in a
given period and then these items are tabulated in
descending numeric value order.
11. In this, the items are classified on the basis of their
criticality to the production process or other services.
In this classification of materials, V stands for Vital
items without which the production process would come
to standstill.
E denotes Essential items whose stock out would
adversely affect the efficiency of the production system.
Their non availability might cause temporary losses.
The D items are the Desirable items which are
12. Required but do not immediately cause a loss of
production.
The VED analysis is done mainly in respect of
spare parts.
13. It is a philosophy that focuses attention on
eliminating waste by purchasing or manufacturing just
enough of the right items just in time.
It is a Japanese management philosophy applied in
manufacturing which involves having the right items of
the right quality and quantity in the right place and at
the right time.
It involves having products arrive as soon as the
customers order them.
14. This ratio is computed by dividing the cost of goods
sold by the average inventory.
Stock Turnover Ratio= Cost of goods sold
Average inventory
It is way of measuring how many times a business
use inventory in a given time period.
Business use inventory turnover to assess
competitiveness, project profits , and generally figure
out how well they are doing in their industry.
15. Stores and Spares term which commonly covers all
kinds of supplies necessary to keep production
equipment operating.
The firm should keep each and every component of
stores and spares to a reasonable level.
Stores and Spares inventory turnover:
Annual Consumption of Stores and Spares
Stores and spares inventory
16. Every product at the store has a unique code. This
code helps in identification and tracking of the
products at the retail store.
The retailer feeds each and every SKU in the master
computer and can easily track the product in the
stock just by entering the SKU no.
17. It is a regular analysis of stock versus projected
future needs. This can be done through a manual
review of stock or by using inventory software.