But
to achieve this economic balance a clear understanding of many interconnected
variables required functions types of costs problem and the like. The following
sections provide an insight in to these variables. Further it elaborates upon
various aspect of inventory control in physical distribution system.
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Inventory
exists in the entire supply chain because of disparity between supply and
demand. This disparity is international at a steel manufacture where it is
economical to manufacture in large lost that are then stored for future sales.
We
cannot distribute any product without any inventory. However costs and
investments are involved in inventories. They also directly influence the
movement and transportation and cost. If inventory policy of a company dictates
maintenance of large stock then transportation characteristic will be FTL Full
truck Load shipments. This would result in economies of scale. The logistics
manager is responsible for all these costs.
Responsibility
lies in him for making decisions concerning the size depth or location of these
inventories the lot size route and mode of transport. His primary objective
should be in optimizing distribution costs. He has find an economical balance
between transportation and inventory cost where inventories represent an
important alternative to creating time and place utility in the product.
Inventory
management can be defined as the sum total of those related activities
essential for the procurement storage sale disposal or use of material. This
can be understood by answering the following questions when is a refrigerator
not a refrigerator? In terms of physical distribution a refrigerator is not
refrigerator when it is in Delhi whereas when the demand is in Chandigarh.
Further more if the color required is grey and the refrigerator is blue also
the refrigerator is not a refrigerator.
To
conclude utilities are created in goods when the right product is available at
the right place at the right time at the right quantity and is available to the
right customer. Inventory management deals itself with all these problems
placing importance on the quantities of goods needed.Inventory managers have to
keep stock when required and utilize available storage space resourcefully so tat the stocks do not exceed the available
storage space.
They
are responsible in maintaining accountability of inventory assets. They have to
meet the set budgets and decide upon what to order when to order how to order
so that stock is available on time and at an optimum cost. Inventory managers
have acknowledged that some of these objectives are contradictory but their job
is to achieve a economic balance between these conflicting variables.
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