Diseño de un sistema de control de inventarios aplicando el método ABC para la empresa “Rapidauto”, ciudad Ambato, provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

The present research work entitled “Design of an inventory control system applying the ABC method for the company “RapidAuto”, located in Ambato city, province of Tungurahua”, had as a general objective, to design the inventory control system by ABC method to improve inventory management and avoid damage, loss or deterioration of inventory. For the development of this study, a variety of techniques were used such as the direct observation and a survey that was applied to all the workers of “RapidAuto”, in which it was possible to determine some problems such as: a lack of a control system of inventories, problems related to the handling of merchandise, deterioration and shortage of products in greater demand, oversupply of inventories, no analysis of the minimum and maximum of the merchandise and stock control was found. The established proposal is based on the application of the ABC method, which contains the classification by categories (A, B, C), the calculation of the economic order quantity, the reorder point. All of this, for the sole purpose of minimizing storage costs and maximizing profits for the company, which is why the use of this tool is recommended to have a better inventory control management.