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• Main Author: Kusumapratiwi (NIM 19004096), Putri
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/6628
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

ABSTRACT: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hypermart, as one of big retailers in Indonesia also offers various perishable products, such as kinds of fruits, vegetables, bakery, meat, chicken and fish. Hypermart have to be careful in selling perishable products because it affects the companys policy of selling price if the products have close with the age life or quality decreased. In Fresh Food division of Hypermart, there are some departments involved. From all departments in Fresh Food division, Produce Department had the highest value of products damaged. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Basically, there are three primary activities of inventory management, which are planning, execution, and controlling. The activities about inventory management could be classified into those three primary activities. Planning activity is about how to estimate the quantity needed for the companys main business process and do the order to the suppliers. Execution is for receiving, displaying, and holding activities. And discount given, return to suppliers, waste or destroy the products which is close to the expiry date are done in controlling activity. The primary activities can be shown as the business process of managing inventory. Then, the business process is also described the root cause of problem happened. There are three main problems of perishable inventory management: high damage; poor suppliers service level; and too much order when promo time. The ideas to solve and anticipate those problems are such separating the green bin into two parts in order to display two products; using the newsvendor model to forecast the order beside the historical data and intuition; packing some products which always got the cruel customers act with plastic or Styrofoam packs; not having tall display and the staff should always be ready to monitor and replenish the displays from storage to display; cooperating and communicating with the suppliers by carrying out a meeting periodically. The inventory should be managed well because it is an important asset of the company and it will need more cost if it is not well managed.