Diseño de un sistema de control de inventarios ABC para la ferretería Santa Anita, de la ciudad de Guano, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The design of an ABC inventory control system in the “Santa Anita” hardware store headquartered in Guano, province of Chimborazo, was aimed to establish the right management of inventories as well as the proper decision-making process developed through the application of a quantitative and qualitative approach with an exploratory and descriptive level and a non-experimental research design, being a field study by using the inductive and deductive methods. This allowed the application of surveys and interviews to the administrative and operational staff of the company, which helped to identify the problems in relation to the inventory organization. Based on this context, it was possible to identify that the company lacks an inventory control system, resulting in the lack of adequate and timely inventory management, the lack of control and over-storage and shortages of merchandise causing losses. Therefore, the proposed system will allow the hardware store "Santa Anita" to have an adequate control of inventory, in terms of classification, minimum and maximum stock and everything related to the economic order, essential in the application of a control system of inventories through the ABC model, which will help the management to make better decisions in an appropriate way.