The case study of the inventory management system in P company

Supply-Chain Management (SCM) was the integration of the activities that procure materials, transform them into intermediate goods and final products, and deliver them to customers. These activities include the traditional purchasing function, plus other activities that were important to the relationship with suppliers and distributors. P company was the first vendor in motor industry of Korea and had a flexible relationship with motor industry through SCM. However, P company had independent information with motor industry and it caused many troubles in the operation of the P company. Considering these facts, authors had developed the inventory control system which was part of order-fulfillment process and could make a progress in the operation of the inventory. The core factor of the developed inventory control system was the combination of the theoretical factors and the empirical factors. That is, the factors which were excluded in existing inventory theory revealed to be important.