Diseño de un sistema de control de inventarios aplicando el método ABC en la farmacia CLIFARM, cantón Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The design of an inventory control system applying the ABC method in the CLIFARM pharmacy, Riobamba canton, province of Chimborazo and its improvement in the inventory management decreasing costs and physical waste in storage; It was carried out using the mixed approach, with an exploratory and descriptive level, applying the scientific, inductive, deductive, analytical and synthetic method, this allowed the non-experimental and cross-sectional design, constituting an applied and field research, for which the interview and survey were used, which through instruments such as the interview guide and questionnaire directed to employees and officials, the necessary information is achieved to determine the main causes of business weaknesses in terms of inventories. This made it possible to verify the lack of inventory control, the failure to identify high turnover merchandise, the lack of knowledge of the replenishment date, the failure to set up merchandise purchase processes, as well as the definition of minimum stocks and reorder points for inventories. It can be concluded that applying the inventory control system using the ABC method proposed in this study, allows for an adequate and complete inventory management, achieving a structure for the reduction of waste in storage