Diseño e implementación de un prototipo para el control de gestión de inventario del producto terminado en la Fábrica de Cueros El AL-CE basado en inteligencia artificial

Abstract

This work describes the activities developed for the design and implementation of a prototype based on artificial intelligence for the inventory control of finished products in the AL-CE leather factory, to improve the inventory management and automate the control of the inputs and outputs of the warehouse. Through checklists, interviews and observation visits, the current inventory control situation was determined, identifying its weaknesses and strengths. The results of this review made it possible to identify the company's needs and thus the requirements to be met by the new inventory control system. After the qualification of possible control alternatives to be implemented with the factor weighting method, the following set of elements was chosen inventory control web application, application with artificial intelligence for sales prediction and an automaton in charge of transporting the product to its location in the warehouse. At the end, the components of the prototype were evaluated, obtaining the following results: the automaton evaluations show an effectiveness of 70 to 90% concerning the outputs, 90 to 95% efficiency in trajectory tracking. The sales prediction application shows a response speed between 1.8 to 2.1 seconds. In addition, an inversely proportional relationship was observed between the percentage of prediction error and the number of sales records per product. In conclusion, the inventory control prototype was designed and implemented in the ALCE leather company and as a result there was a qualitative improvement in the control of the products in the warehouse. It is recommended to the company to host the inventory control web application on a server, allowing quick and easy access to information through the Internet.