Logística y Gestión de Inventarios: Conceptos Clave en la Cadena de Suministro

1. What is Logistics?

Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination.

What are the areas involved in Logistics?

¿Cuáles son las áreas involucradas en la logística?

These are supply, transportation, warehousing, order fulfillment and customer service.

1. Why is a Supply Chain important for business?

¿Por qué es importante una cadena de suministro para los negocios?

What are its stages?

¿Cuáles son sus etapas?

to be able to meet the needs of the client, in the process generating profits for himself.

• Customers
• Retailers
• Wholesalers/Distributors
• Manufacturers
• Component/Raw material suppliers

1. What are the 3 supply chain designs?

¿Cuáles son los 3 diseños de la cadena de suministro?

• Operational
• Transactional
• Organizational

1. What does SWOT mean? Which elements are internal and which are external?

SWOT analysis is a strategic planning method.

1. What is the importance of a SWOT analysis?

¿Cuál es la importancia de un análisis FODA?

To be able to set objectives and goals.

1. How do you define “inventory”?

It includes the raw materials, work-in-process goods and completely finished goods that are considered to be the portion of a business's assets that are ready or will be ready for sale.

What is the procurement?

¿Qué es la adquisición?

Procurement is the acquisition of goods or services.

What is the scope of inventory management?

¿Cuál es el alcance de la gestión de inventario?

It refers to the fine lines between replenishment time, inventory costs, asset management,

What are the reasons for keeping an inventory?

¿Cuáles son las razones para mantener un inventario?

• Time - maintain certain amounts of inventory to use in “lead time”.
• Uncertainty - inventories are like buffers (storage) in case of uncertainties in demand, supply and movement of goods.
• Economies of scale - ideal condition of “one unit at a time at a place where a user needs it, when he needs it” costs a lot. So bulk buying, movement and storing brings in economies of scale, thus inventory.

1. What is SKU?

Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) is a unique combination of all the components that are assembled into the purchasable item.

1. What does “stockout” mean?

¿Qué significa “desabastecimiento”?

Stockout means running out of the inventory of an SKU.

What are the inventory policies?

¿Cuál es el objetivo de las políticas de inventario?

Inventory policies specify decision rules with respect to the point in time when a replenishment of the inventory should be initiated.