Inventory Management Analysis to Support Sales of Jaket Keren SME Garut

Abstract

The trend of society is undergoing a transition from offline to online. This also has an impact on the interest in shopping that utilizes online media. As a way to take advantage of this phenomenon, an SME by the name of Jaket Keren which sells leather fashion products has taken advantage of the opportunity by marketing their products on online media. However, Jaket Keren has problems with planning for inventory management operations, resulting in buildup and shortage of inventory. Therefore, this study aims to describe the problems of operational inventory management that occur in Economic Order Quantity, Inventory Cost and Safety Stock which are currently applied to Jaket Keren. The method used in this research is a qualitative method. The data collection method of this research uses in-depth interview and triangulation. In this study, four interviewees were selected consisting of owners, employees, tailors and resellers of the Jaket Keren. The results of research on the economic order quantity aspect at Jaket Keren are still frequent shortages or stockpiles of leather and synthetic jackets because Jaket Keren has limitations in the production process. In addition, Jaket Keren does not have a minimum quantity requirement for procurement of goods, and employee negligence often occurs which causes the availability of goods to be disrupted. This has an impact on Jaket Keren inventory cost, which places orders for other tailors that make use of costs for procurement of goods inefficiently, so that Jaket Keren will incur costs that are more expensive than when producing their own. Moreover, Jaket Keren does not yet have a minimum limit on the amount of inventory when placing an order, which causes Jaket Keren to not have a safety stock to anticipate possible purchase requests from their consumers.