Diseño de un sistema de control de inventarios (método híbrido) para el Supermercado Totalhome Cía. Ltda., cantón Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The present Design of an Inventory Control System (Hybrid Method) for the Totally Cía Supermarket. Ltda., Riobamba Canton, Chimborazo Province, the objective to improve the management of inventories, allowing to optimize their costs, increase profits and provide a better service to customers. Prior to the preparation of the proposal, it uses a preliminary visit to the company's facilities, it applied a survey to the administrative and operative personnel related to the handling of the inventories; and, it complemented with the direct observation of the processes that are carried out in the area of inventories, research techniques with which there is evidence of poor management and control of the products to be marketed, causing oversupply and/or shortage of certain items such as of first necessity, high costs of inventory maintenance, inadequate stock management, losses due to obsolescence or expiration of the items, constant rotation of the inventory manager and decrease of sales by dissatisfied customers, all of which have a direct impact on the results of the supermarket . Therefore, the preparation of the inventory control model, the economic order quantities, order renewal point, the rotation of inventories and the necessary policies to improve stock management were taken into account. Therefore, it is recommended that the company's executives implement the Hybrid Method that will facilitate decision-making and help optimize their resources.