Title :
Development of an inventory classification module: Implementation in a warehouse management system
Author :
Jomaa, Dhia ; Monteiro, Thiago ; Besombes, Beatrix
Author_Institution :
KLS Logistic Syst., Meylan, France
Abstract :
We develop in this work a prototype of an inventory classification module. The purpose is to improve the ABC classification functionalities of an existing WMS. The system we propose enables the use of three classification techniques including multicriteria approaches for inventory classification problem. Different classification scenarios with different criteria sets can thus be created and used. This will allow the managers to obtain a more effective inventory classification. We validated the functioning of the system using data from a pharmaceutical plateform in France.
Keywords :
inventory management; pharmaceutical industry; production engineering computing; warehouse automation; France; WMS; inventory classification module; multicriteria techniques; pharmaceutical platform; warehouse management system; Computers; Expert systems; Inventory management; Logistics; Optimization; Pharmaceuticals; Prototypes; Inventory items classification; Logistics expert systems; Multicriteria techniques; Warehouse management system;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Systems Management (IESM), Proceedings of 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rabat