Inventory management and organisational efficiency

Inegbedion, Henry and Eze, Sunday C. and Asaleye, Abiola John and Lawal, A. I. (2019) Inventory management and organisational efficiency. The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 5 (3). pp. 756-763. ISSN ISSN(e): 2411-9458, ISSN(p): 2413-6670

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Abstract

The study examined inventory management and organisational efficiency. The classical inventory management techniques were applied to an organisation’s inventory system. A door sales company in Ilorin, Nigeria that volunteered information on the basis of anonymity was used and relevant data were collected on six types of doors; panel, flush,sliding, folding andaswell as manual and electronic garage doors. The company had no scientific inventory management strategy but the EOQ, inventorycycle time and reorder level were computed for the six doors using the average values of the data obtained for 2011-2017. The results show that the company can minimise its total inventory cost by consciously adopting an inventory management policy of ordering 55 panel doors, 41 flush doors, 41 sliding glass doors, 18folding doors, 18 manual garage doors and 8 electronic garage doors respectively every cycle time of 17, 14, 17, 30, 35 and 34 days respectively or by placing the above orders each time the inventory level of panel doors, flush doors, sliding glass doors, folding doors, manual garage doors and electronic garage doors fall to 32, 24, 24, 5, 3 and 2 respectively and thus minimise the total cost of inventory.Keywords: Inventory control; Inventory management; Inventory cycle time; EOQ and reorder level.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Depositing User:	Mr DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR LMU
Date Deposited:	19 Sep 2019 15:02
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2019 15:02
URI:	https://eprints.lmu.edu.ng/id/eprint/2302

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