국제물류 Wal-Mart & RFID

국제물류 Wal-Mart & RFID [국제물류] Wal-Mart & RFID.docx 목차 1. What is inventory management? 2. Importance of inventory management 3. Case of Wal - Mart RFID SWOT analysis Reference 본문 1. What is inventory management? (1) Definition: Inventory management is primarily about specifying the size and placement of stocked goods and the process of efficiently overseeing the constant flow of units into and out of an existing inventory. Inventory management is required at different locations within a facility or within multiple locations of a supply network to protect the regular and planned course of production against the random disturbance of running out of materials or goods. This process usually involves controlling the inventory in order to prevent from becoming too high, or dwindling to levels that could put the operation of the company into risk. Inventory management which has competency also seeks to control the costs relevant to the inventory. The scope of inventory management also concerns the fine lines between replenishment lead time, carrying costs of inventory, asset management, inventory forecasting, inventory valuation, inventory visibility, future inventory price forecasting, physical inventory, available physical space for inventory, quality management, replenishment, returns and defective goods and demand forecasting. (2) The goal of inventory management: The purpose of logistics is achieving balance between level of service and inventory cost which involved in accomplishment of product availability. Level of service means the degree of ability to satisfy customers demand by inventory. To satisfying service level, high level of inventory is needed and it leads to expensive inventory cost. So the business set up appropriate level of service. Finding point of balance between level of service and inventory cost in accordance with businesss objective, is key point and purpose of inventory management. 본문내용 imarily about specifying the size and placement of stocked goods and the process of efficiently overseeing the constant flow of units into and out of an existing inventory. Inventory management is required at different locations within a facility or within multiple locations of a supply network to protect the regular and planned course of production against the random disturbance of running out of 참고문헌 http://www.barcodesinc.com/articles/what-is-inventory-mangement.htm http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Inventory-Management-is-So-Important&id=4499595 http://archive.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/pub_mp22.pdf http://www.ehow.com/about_5518506_importance-inventory-management-systems.html http://www.teamseco.com/Resources/Case-Studies/KMart.html http://costcoteam3.blogspot.com/2009/05/costco-inventory-management.html http://voices.yahoo.com/comparing-k-mart-wal-mart-management-41459.html ASTRATEGIC CASE FOR RFID: AN EXAMINATION OF WAL-MART AND ITS SUPPLY CHAIN Susan A. Vowels Does RFID improve inventory accuracy? A preliminary analysis Bill C. Hardgrave*, John Aloysius and Sandeep Goyal