Aplicación de los Modelos de Inventarios en una Cadena de Abastecimiento de Productos de Consumo Masivo con una Bodega y N Puntos de Venta

Abstract

Inventory control and management is one of the most complex problems that our industrial and commercial sectors face. Companies usually deal with the inventory imbalance problem: “¿Why is it the case that almost always there is a lot of low-volume products, while high-volume products frequently present stockouts?” The causes of this problem and their possible solutions are addressed in this paper, especially in supply chains with Onewarehouse and N retailers (OneWarehouse NRetailer Problem). Several inventory control techniques for this system are discussed, with emphasis on its general logistics characteristics, illustrated with a real case from a supply chain of products of massive consumption. The impressive results that were obtained suggest excellent opportunities for the application of these models in industrial and commercial organizations interested in adopting Operations Research techniques in their decision making processes. These results encourage the continuous development of applied research projects on this area in local organizations.