INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN FISH-CANNING COMPANY TO MINIMIZE COST (CASE STUDY IN PT. SUMBER YALASAMUDRA)

• Main Author: Dwy Septya Ningrum (19015035), Erika
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/26955
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Marine is one of the industry sectors in Indonesia. Although however, marine itself is categorized as uncertain industry sector due to this dependence of what there in nature. On the other side, there are several businesses that related with the marine that faces some problems that directly or indirectly influence the overall economic condition of this country. Those businesses commonly are the businesses whose made a marine as their main resource, for the example is fish canning company that has main raw material of fish, where fish itself is the largest marine resource. This research chooses a company at PT. Sumber Yalasamudra that become one of largest fish-canning company in East Java which produces several fish canning product (sardine) with the different type of fish on each kind on a sardine. <br /> <br /> This research found that PT. Sumber Yalasamudra has a problem with their inventory of raw material which hard to find in certain condition. This situation happened because firstly they expect that with they choose the location near with harbor fishing center, so their raw material will easier to get. But, because of uncertain weather that affects the fish catches, now they must look for alternative of the raw material supplier on another city or another country which directly affects their cost allocation. <br /> <br /> This research will be conducted to determine which forecast method and inventory management system which most suitable to be used by PT. Sumber Yalasamudra in term of minimizing the cost. The inventory management itself uses material requirement planning with two scenarios of the raw material supplier in domestic and by import with different lead time, ordering cost, and/or holding cost. In order to help company to manage their inventory ordering process, this research will be start with forecasting demand for the concerned year which then the result will brought to the master product schedulling and material requirement planning at the end of session.