PENERAPAN METODE ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY PADA PENGELOLAAN PERSEDIAAN BAHAN BAKU DI KAFE ZARAZARA YOGYAKARTA
Abstract
This research purposes to describe the raw material management and
identify the problems that occur at culinary company by implementing Economic
Order Quantity (EOQ) method. The following process is conducted by comparing
the total cost of inventory currently applied by company and total cost of
inventory when EOQ is implemented in order to know the method which is more
efficient.
Primary and secondary data are used in the study. The primary data is in
the form of document related with the company’s inventory, and secondary data is
attained by the interview of a party who is directly related to the inventory
management of company. The problem formulation of this study is solved by
using data analysis tools such as QM for Windows v3.4 software and an analysis
of the interview’s result in order to obtain a clear description of the company’s
inventory management as well as the problems that occur within the company.
Based on the analysis, it shows that the company’s order quantity has not
been optimal. Additionally, the company’s focus of orientation is at the short term
need of inventory management which is caused by a limited storage of company.
Furthermore, it is known that the total cost of inventory resulted by applying EOQ
method is lower than the total cost of inventory that currently has been apply in
the company. This means that the efficiency process can be conducted by
applying EOQ for company’s inventory management.