This document provides an overview of materials management concepts including objectives of materials management, inventory control techniques, ABC analysis, economic order quantity, and Just in Time. The key points covered are:
- Materials management aims to ensure the right materials are available at the right time, place, quantity and cost. Objectives include minimizing costs while maintaining quality and continuity of supply.
- Inventory control techniques help manage inventory levels and costs. ABC analysis categorizes items into A, B, C to focus control efforts. Economic order quantity models balancing ordering and carrying costs to determine optimal order sizes.
- Just in Time aims to optimize processes through continuous waste reduction and pursuing only what is needed, when it is needed in the production