Industrial and Systems Engineering Assessment Journal (INASEA)
Vol 12, No 2 (2011): INASEA Vol. 12 No. 2

BACKORDER RAW MATERIAL INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM WITH LEAD TIME AND ORDERING COST REDUCTION: CASE STUDY PT ICI PAINTS INDONESIA

Amran, Tiena Gustina ( Universitas Trisakti)
Lesmono, Dinar Suryo ( Universitas Trisakti)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Oct 2011

Abstract

This research investigates the continuous review inventory model involving variable lead time with partial backorders, where the amount is uncertain. PT ICI Paints Indonesia is one of chemical industries which produced paint. The main problems faced by company are often occur stock out and also over stock of raw material replenishment, and the second case is raw material ordering lead time which can’t be controlled and determined its extent so the company more depend on the supplier policy. The purpose of this research is to suggest the optimal raw material inventory system alternatives synchronized with the stock out characteristics and the condition can be occurred. Besides, the backorder raw material inventory control can reduce lead time and raw material ordering cost. After the calculation, the optimal solution of inventory models can be obtained; those are with backorder condition which produced the annual inventory total cost amount of 15.069.845.628, 27 rupiahs; which mean it just effectively save inventory cost by 5, 81% for the company.

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