Abstract

Spare part inventory contributes significantly to the overall inventory cost of the company. Spare part inventory is needed to support the maintenance process in order to maintain the reliability of the production facility. Quite often burden from spare part inventory is getting more severe when users are located in various sites and the users wanted higher service levels. This paper addresses the problem of shadow warehouses created by users in order to obtain a higher service level. The company currently has 44 shadow warehouses. The aim is to reduce those warehouses and then attempt to centralize the control of inventory by using (Min, Max) inventory control model. The stock parameters adjustment as per the result of the Min-Max inventory control model will increase the service level of criticality B up to 91% and criticality C up to 88%. Hence, the cost reduction of inventory value is USD 199,644.02 for fast-moving material and USD 43,210.82 for medium moving material.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 2021
PublisherIEOM Society
Pages1765-1775
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9781792361258
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event2nd South American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2021 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Duration: 5 Apr 20218 Apr 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
ISSN (Electronic)2169-8767

Conference

Conference2nd South American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2021
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CitySao Paulo
Period5/04/218/04/21

Keywords

  • Inventory Management
  • Min Max Method
  • Shadow Warehouse and Service Level

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