Abstract

AGUIRRE LASPRILLA, Silebis; ARDILA RUEDA, Weimar; FIGUEROA, Lindsay  and  ROMERO RODRIGUEZ, Daniel H. Parametrization and evaluation of Inventory Policy (s,Q) in Hospitals: A case of study in Barranquilla. Prospect. [online]. 2015, vol.13, n.1, pp.99-105. ISSN 1692-8261.  https://doi.org/10.15665/rp.v13i1.364.

The following paper studies the problem associated with the inventory management, in a hospital located in Barranquilla, Colombia. The strategy proposed is based on the performance of an inventory policy (s, Q), and it is accompanied of a methodology that consists of the review of theoretical inventory models , the selection of a key products, the demand analysis for patterns identification and the formulation of a policy inventory. The evaluation of the inventory policies shows that the proposed parameters satisfy the service levels defined by the hospital.

Keywords : Inventory management; Continuous review policy; inventory policies; economic order quantity; reorder point.

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