ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: Inventory and storage management has represented an important aspect of logistics in manufacturing enterprises or companies for many years. Recently however it has become increasingly recognized as a cross function of logistics. The objective of this paper is to present an overview of the most common forms of inventory and storage modeling techniques. The paper addresses the optimization of inventory management and storage in a manufacturing company, through the combination of several methods and techniques to produce a synergic effect. Firstly ABC modeling techniques were adopted for analysis of the purchased components. Following the ABC analysis, the turnover for selected items from the A class was identified and the application of a Kanban system proposed using EDI. The paper is a part of KEGA project No. 037STU-4/2012 “Implementation of the subject “Corporate Social Responsibility Entrepreneurship” into the study programme Industrial management in the second degree at MTF STU Trnava”.
