INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION IN A CATERING COMPANY

Področje logistike, ki se ukvarja z optimizacijo nabavnih in prodajnih kanalov, ima pomembno vlogo v podjetju. Obravnavano gostinsko podjetje je zanimalo, ali njihov proces naročanja in skladiščenja povzroča nastanek prekomernih stroškov. Če je temu tako, bi si želeli stroške minimizirati in optimizirati proces naročanja in skladiščenja. V diplomskem delu smo zato analizirali obstoječe stanje procesa nabave in skladiščenja. Uporabili smo ABC in XYZ analizo za klasifikacijo artiklov in nato uporabili metodo optimalne naročilne količine. Analiza je pokazala, da podjetje uspešno minimizira stroške naročanja, vendar obstajajo možnosti za izboljšavo, katere smo podjetju tudi predlagali.Area of logistics, more specifically the process of supply and warehousing optimization plays an important role in a business. The catering business wanted to know if their process of supply and warehousing is making any unnecessary costs. If that was the case, they would want to minimize those costs by optimizing the process of supply and warehousing. In this diploma thesis we therefor analysed their current state of supply warehousing process. We used ABC and XYZ analysis to classify their inventory and then used method of optimal order quantity. Analysis showed that catering company is successfully minimizing their costs of supply, but there is always room for improvement, so we also gave the company our suggestions for improvement