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IMPROVEMENTS TO INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF A SECONDARY DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN A FOOD & BEVERAGE COMPANY
Authors: Katherin Jardim, César Itriago

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Inventory management is the basis of all good planning
for the flow of products. The objective of this study
was to propose improvements to the inventory management
of a secondary distribution center of a massive
consume company, where the type of investigation is not
experimental, with a workable project mode and descriptive
level. In the work unit, formed by the Secondary
Distribution Center (CEDIS), presents the description
and analysis of the logistics activities and tasks related,
using data recollecting techniques such as the direct non participative observation and non structured interviews
techniques, obtaining as result the shipping and handling
delay of products, the unknowledge of the capacity and
failures of products in the warehouse, where improvement
proposal was generated dividing the area in two:
warehouse management and transportation of goods
from the principal warehouse to the CEDIS. A primordial
aspect for inventory management, is the need of having
a warehouse with: adequate capacity, meets safety
standards, defined operational areas and right storage
of their products; for this reason was made the study
of this aspects, defining the suitable reposition control
for the inventory to prevent failure of customers orders.
For the realization of the proposal were used several
Industrial Engineering tools such as: Ishikawa diagrams,
SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities
y Threats), criticality analysis, entity relationship (E-R),
ABC classification, average distance traveled, vertical
space utilization, positioning labels creation, use of indicators
and the creation of a program that facilitate the
realization of purchase orders and maintenance of the
inventory control.