Impacto del control de inventarios en la zona industrial #1 del Valle de los Chillos durante el periodo 2019 - 2020

Abstract

This article proposes alternatives for continuous improvement in the inventory control system for companies that import and export mass consumption products, which are located on Francisco de Orellana #159 and Hernando Magallanes streets in the industrial zone #1 of the Chillos Valley. The purpose of this research is to provide an alternative for a significant reduction in inventory management costs, in order to maximize the medium- and long-term economic benefit for these companies. The current research process consisted of classifying the products managed by each company, using the ABC inventory management method to determine the importance of each product and relate it to the total sales of the companies. Subsequently, the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) method was used to systematize the periodic counts of the products stored in the warehouse in order to determine the minimum reorder quantities, the optimal order quantity, and the appropriate moment to order goods from suppliers. With this, the management system is expected to benefit in its maximum expression, giving a balance to the disorganized structure of the companies under study. In addition, this work is a starting point for the future generations to contribute to the follow-up of this study in the various categories proposed and, especially, in those topics that have not yet been studied. In this way, it is expected to obtain a total measurable analysis of the previously mentioned companies, to generate a more specific panorama that allows proposing more specialized solutions in each company, and to generate a total maximization in the management functions of continuous improvement in the inventory control process.