<p>We were assigned to do this master thesis by Husqvarna AB who at the time for this thesis just had implemented a new material and production planning system called Replenishment system. Husqvarna AB wanted us to examine the effects of their new planning system to see if it was profitable or not. Husqvarna AB had for a time considered their delivery and supplier service to bee their biggest problem and they wanted to solve this problem by improving the communication with all involved actors in the logistic chain, which they hoped would result in a better mix of products in their warehouses. The aim of this report was therefor to analyze eventual effects for Husqvarna AB when changing from a traditional material- and production planing system to a more information intensive one. The result of this report showed effects on decreasing administrational routines and improved flexibility and lead-times. An increased information exchange and thereby a closer market control also improves the chances of a correct mix in stock which improves the lead-time to customer as the"correct"parts is in stock. These improvements must offcurse be considered together with the increased number of transports and the cost of the implementation in the organization.</p>

We were assigned to do this master thesis by Husqvarna AB who at the time for this thesis just had implemented a new material and production planning system called Replenishment system. Husqvarna AB wanted us to examine the effects of their new planning system to see if it was profitable or not. Husqvarna AB had for a time considered their delivery and supplier service to bee their biggest problem and they wanted to solve this problem by improving the communication with all involved actors in the logistic chain, which they hoped would result in a better mix of products in their warehouses. The aim of this report was therefor to analyze eventual effects for Husqvarna AB when changing from a traditional material- and production planing system to a more information intensive one. The result of this report showed effects on decreasing administrational routines and improved flexibility and lead-times. An increased information exchange and thereby a closer market control also improves the chances of a correct mix in stock which improves the lead-time to customer as the"correct"parts is in stock. These improvements must offcurse be considered together with the increased number of transports and the cost of the implementation in the organization.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:24:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoaoCNAF_DISSERT.pdf: 2996446 bytes, checksum: 1b396a7047a2f6f7e9b43b5a689f4492 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-31 / The inventory management in hospitals is of paramount importance, since the supply materials and drugs interruption can cause irreparable damage to human lives while excess inventories involves immobilization of capital. Hospitals should use techniques of inventory management to perform replenishment in shorter and shorter intervals, in order to reduce inventories and fixed assets and meet citizens requirements properly. The inventory management can be an even bigger problem for public hospitals, which have restrictions on the use of resources and decisionmaking structure more bureaucratized. Currently the University Hospital Onofre Lopes (HUOL) uses a periodic replacement policy for hospital medical supplies and medicines, which involves one moment surplus stock replenishment, the next out of stock items. This study aims to propose a system for continuous replenishment through order point for inventory of medical supplies and medicines to the hospital HUOL. Therefore, a literature review of Federal University Hospitals Management, Logistics, Inventory Management and Replenishment System in Hospitals was performed, emphasizing the demand forecast, classification or ABC curve and order point system. And also, policies of inventory management and the current proposal were described, dealing with profile of the mentioned institution, the current policy of inventory management and simulation for continuous replenishment order point. For the simulation, the sample consisted of 102 and 44 items of medical and hospital drugs, respectively, selected using the ABC classification of inventory, prioritizing items of Class A, which contains the most relevant items in added value, representing 80 % of the financial value in 2012 fiscal year. Considering that it is a public organization, subject to the laws, we performed two simulations: the first, following the signs for inventory management of Instruction No. 205 (IN 205 ), from Secretary of Public Administration of the Presidency ( SEDAP / PR ), and the second, based on the literature specializing in inventory management hospital. The results of two simulations were compared to the current policy of replenishment system. Among these results are: an indication that the system for continuous replenishment reorder point based on IN 205 provides lower levels of safety stock and maximum stock, enables a 17% reduction in the amount spent for the full replenishment of inventories, in other words, decreasing capital assets, as well as reduction in stock quantity, also the simulation made from the literature has indicated parameters that prevent the application of this technique to all items of the sample. Hence, a change in inventory management of HUOL, with the application of the continuous replenishment according to IN 205, provides a significant reduction in acquisition costs of medical and hospital medicine / A gest?o de estoques em hospitais ? de suma import?ncia, pois a interrup??o no abastecimento de materiais e medicamentos pode causar danos irrepar?veis a vidas humanas enquanto o excesso de estoques implica em imobiliza??o de capital. Os hospitais devem utilizar t?cnicas de gest?o de estoques para realizar a reposi??o em intervalos cada vez menores, como forma de reduzir os estoques e o capital imobilizado e, atender adequadamente as demandas dos cidad?os. A gest?o de estoques pode ser um problema ainda maior para hospitais p?blicos, que tem restri??es quanto ao uso de recursos e uma estrutura de decis?o mais burocratizada. Atualmente o Hospital Universit?rio Onofre Lopes (HUOL) utiliza uma pol?tica de reposi??o peri?dica para material m?dico hospitalar e medicamentos, a qual ora implica em reposi??o em excesso, ora em falta de itens. O presente estudo tem como objetivo propor um sistema de reposi??o cont?nua por ponto de pedido para estoques de material m?dico hospitalar e medicamentos para o HUOL. Para tanto, foi feita uma revis?o da literatura sobre Gest?o de Hospitais Universit?rios Federais, Log?stica, Gest?o de Estoques e Sistema de Reposi??o em Hospitais, enfatizando a previs?o da demanda, classifica??o ou curva ABC e sistema de ponto de pedido. E ainda, descreveram-se as pol?ticas de gest?o de estoques atual e proposta, abordando o perfil da institui??o em quest?o, a pol?tica atual de gest?o de estoques e a simula??o de reposi??o cont?nua por ponto de pedido. Para a simula??o, a amostra foi composta por 102 e 44 itens de material m?dico hospitalar e medicamentos, respectivamente, selecionada com o uso da classifica??o ABC de estoques, priorizando os itens da classe A, a qual cont?m os itens mais relevantes em valor agregado, representando 80% do valor financeiro movimentado no exerc?cio financeiro de 2012. Por se tratar de uma organiza??o p?blica, sujeita ?s normas legais, foram realizadas duas simula??es: a primeira seguindo as indica??es para gest?o de estoques da Instru??o Normativa N? 205 (IN 205), da ent?o Secretaria de Administra??o P?blica da Presid?ncia da Rep?blica (SEDAP/PR); e, a segunda, tomando como base a Literatura especializada na gest?o de estoques hospitalares. Os resultados das duas simula??es foram comparados aos do sistema de reposi??o da pol?tica atual. Entre estes resultados, est?o: a indica??o de que o sistema de reposi??o cont?nua por ponto de pedido com base na IN 205 proporciona menores n?veis de estoque de seguran?a e estoque m?ximo, possibilita uma redu??o de 17% no valor gasto para a reposi??o plena dos estoques, ou seja, uma redu??o no valor de imobiliza??o de capital, assim como a redu??o na quantidade em estoque; e, que a simula??o feita a partir da Literatura apresentou par?metros que impedem a aplica??o desta t?cnica para todos os itens da amostra. Ent?o, uma mudan?a na gest?o de estoques do HUOL, com a aplica??o do sistema de reposi??o cont?nua de acordo com a IN 205, proporciona uma redu??o significativa nos gastos com aquisi??o de material m?dico hospitalar e medicamentos

Business Administration, Business Process and Supply Chain Management Degree Project (master), 15 higher education points, 4FE06E, Spring 2013 Authors: Jeremy Bellina, Olegs Bodins, Soeren Krieger and Mathilde Olivier Tutor: Roger Stokkedal Title: Managing Upstream Supply Chain in Order to Decrease Inventory Level: A Case Study on the Paper Merchant Papyrus Sweden. Background: The research is based on Papyrus Sweden, a paper merchant, which is facing a decrease in the demand of paper products. It was identified that inventory level reduction is now crucial for the company in order to stay in the market. Therefore, Papyrus Sweden is focused on inventory level and tied-up capital reduction in order to decrease costs and increase net profit. Purpose: This thesis aims to analyze the current situation in Papyrus Sweden in terms of inventory level and activities related to suppliers, and prepare recommendations which could help Papyrus Sweden to reduce its inventory level. Method: The data has been collected through interviews with managers from the supply chain department as well as through a data sample from Papyrus Sweden database given to the researchers. All data was analyzed and compared with the literature review. Data received from the database was processed and transformed in Microsoft Excel in order to make the analysis. Results: The analysis identifies issues in material planning methods, safety stock calculation, ABC-XYZ classification and forecast calculation, on which Papyrus Sweden could act in order to decrease its inventory level. Furthermore, the researchers identify two solutions Papyrus Sweden could implement with its suppliers in order to reduce inventory level which are a Service Level Agreement and a Vendor Managed Inventory system. Keywords: inventory level, material planning method, safety stock, ABC-XYZ classification, forecast calculation, replenishment lead time, supplier relationship, information sharing, Service Level Agreement (SLA), Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) and Collaborative planning, forecast and replenishment system (CPFR).