SIMULINVE – Um simulador de inventário para um centro de distribuição de peças

Abstract

In the current global market, the companies are trying to become their product available to the final client with the smallest possible level of inventory. The simulation tools offer to managers best views of business and best conditions to decide. In a Part Distribution Center (PDC), to reach the best performance in the management of the inventory, it is important to be able to count on a tool that is capable of accomplishments from simulation possible sceneries. This work had as objective to develop a process for inventory management which resulted in a simulator of the inventory for a PDC. The simulator performs projections in order to get demand forecasts, the parts replenishment policy, the attendance percentage, the inventory months, scrap quantity and quantity part to devolution. The simulator was submitted to experiments with three different sceneries and the results confirmed the quality of the simulation system proposed.