Proposal of an SKU Classification Framework - A Multicriteria Approach

Sara Santos, Luis Miguel D. F. Ferreira, Amílcar Arantes

2015

Abstract

Changes to an organization’s internal and external environment may cause an increase in the number of Stock Keeping Units (SKU) in inventory. Therefore an SKU classification and corresponding grouping become highly important for improving the inventory management process. In this paper we propose a framework for SKU classification in an industrial context using a multicriteria approach considering three criteria: value of usage; criticality and demand variability. This approach emphasizes the importance of SKUs that despite their small value are of vital importance for the operations/production of the organization.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Santos S., Miguel D. F. Ferreira L. and Arantes A. (2015). Proposal of an SKU Classification Framework - A Multicriteria Approach . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES, ISBN 978-989-758-075-8, pages 413-418. DOI: 10.5220/0005287004130418

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icores15,
author={Sara Santos and Luis Miguel D. F. Ferreira and Amílcar Arantes},
title={Proposal of an SKU Classification Framework - A Multicriteria Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,},
year={2015},
pages={413-418},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005287004130418},
isbn={978-989-758-075-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems - Volume 1: ICORES,
TI - Proposal of an SKU Classification Framework - A Multicriteria Approach
SN - 978-989-758-075-8
AU - Santos S.
AU - Miguel D. F. Ferreira L.
AU - Arantes A.
PY - 2015
SP - 413
EP - 418
DO - 10.5220/0005287004130418