Methodological proposal for inventory management in a beverage company through the just-in–time method. a case study: Sugar supply

• Vélez Rojas, Richard Javier ^[1] ; Pérez Ortega, Giovanni ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Colombia

     Universidad Nacional de Colombia

     Colombia

     
• Localización: Saber, ciencia y libertad, ISSN 1794-7154, ISSN-e 2382-3240, Vol. 9, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 91-100
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article presents a methodological proposal, which aims to improve inventory management in a beverages company, using sugar as the most important raw material in this case. Because of some problems found with the supply of the aforementioned raw material, 5 phases were developed in order to guarantee an optimum inventory management, the phases are stages that explain and show the necessary conditions to develop the method, they also explain which parts are involved and what is their function in each of the project headings, plus they describe formulas that help with planning, control and appropriate execution for the project.