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Implementing multiple criteria ABC analysis
Author(s) -
Flores Benito E.,
Whybark D.Clay
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/0272-6963(87)90008-8
Subject(s) - operations management , business , service (business) , abc analysis , process management , inventory management , operations research , computer science , marketing , economics , engineering
This article presents the results of applying multicriteria ABC analysis to maintenance inventories. A large service organization and a consumer goods manufacturer participated in the study. The managers in both organizations used cost and noncost criteria for developing the ABC categories for inventory management. The study shows that managers can develop noncost criteria and classify the inventory items in ways that combine the criteria types. Specific policies were defined for managing the items in the industrial firm. Once the benefits of the methodology were demonstrated, a year‐long program for implementing the system was developed. The project is estimated to cost less than 10 to 15% of the available storeroom clerk manhours and provide substantially greater benefits.