Advances of Science and Technology. 6th EAI International Conference, ICAST 2018, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, October 5-7, 2018, Proceedings

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Simulation Study of Inventory Performance Improvement in Consumer Products Trade Business Unit Using System Dynamic Approach

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-15357-1_33,
        author={Maseresha Agumas and Jeyaraju Jayaprakash and Melkamu Teshome},
        title={Simulation Study of Inventory Performance Improvement in Consumer Products Trade Business Unit Using System Dynamic Approach},
        proceedings={Advances of Science and Technology. 6th EAI International Conference, ICAST 2018, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, October 5-7, 2018, Proceedings},
        proceedings_a={ICAST},
        year={2019},
        month={3},
        keywords={Stock and flow diagram Inventory replenishment Simulation System dynamics},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-030-15357-1_33}
    }
    
  • Maseresha Agumas
    Jeyaraju Jayaprakash
    Melkamu Teshome
    Year: 2019
    Simulation Study of Inventory Performance Improvement in Consumer Products Trade Business Unit Using System Dynamic Approach
    ICAST
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15357-1_33
Maseresha Agumas1,*, Jeyaraju Jayaprakash2,*, Melkamu Teshome2
  • 1: ETBC Consumer Products Trading Business Unit (AlleBjmela)
  • 2: Bahir Dar Institute of Technology
*Contact email: masreshaagumas@gmail.com, profjaya@gmail.com

Abstract

This paper focused optimal inventory study on multi-product, multi-period, perishable products replenishment quantity in consumer product trade business unit (CPTBU) warehouse in Bahir Dar city. We proposed system dynamics method to improve optimal replenishment quantity of expired and stock-out products and saved the total operation cost such as loss of sale, expired cost, holding cost and ordering cost using vensim software. This study proposed 34.7% improved replenishment quantity of expired products, 32.2% replenishment quantity of stock-out products and totally this proposal saved 43,000US$(1.2 million birr) of operational cost per year.