ABC inventory classification with multiple-criteria using weighted linear optimization

  • Authors:
  • Ramakrishnan Ramanathan

  • Affiliations:
  • Operations Management and Business Statistics, College of Commerce and Economics, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Oman

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Operations Research
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Inventory classification using ABC analysis is one of the most widely employed techniques in organizations. The need to consider multiple criteria for inventory classification has been stressed in the literature. A simple classification scheme is proposed in this paper using weighed linear optimization. The methodology is illustrated using an example.