Inventory Management and Logistics Cost Reduction: A Case of a Malaysia Herbal Medicine Company

Fadilah Siali, Liu Yao, Cheng Jack Kie

Faculty of Technology, University Malaysia Pahang, Kuantan, Malaysia.

DOI: 10.4236/ti.2013.43024                

Abstract

Nowadays many studies have stressed the diagnosing inventory systems. This article examined problems encountered on logistics in a Malaysia herbal medicine company. The diagnosis was conducted using the fish bone diagram for the whole supply chain process from the production, hub warehouse, freight forwarders, zone warehouse to customers. The derived results highlight the inventory level management as the root reason, which leads to a set of initial recommendations, including: 1) install the computer-based software system to control inventory level which is to be integrated with the supply chain; and 2) meanwhile implement aggressive marketing approaches to minimize the rate of the returned products.

Keywords

Inventory Management; Case Study; Herbal Medicine

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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