TY  - JOUR
T1  - Strategy of Product Availability Improvement: Case on Imported Galvalume in Indonesia
AU - Sanny, Lim AU - Setiawan, Rillond AU - Sofyan, M. Idham 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 9
IS  - 6
SP  - 1474
EP  - 1480
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2015.1474.1480
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2015.1474.1480
KW  - Strategic management
KW  -inventory control
KW  -forecasting
KW  -optimal product
KW  -logistic
AB  - Product availability is one of the problems that can be solved with inventory control planning and logistic distribution channel optimization. The purpose of this thesis is to decide and execute the best alternative strategy for the company that is adjusted with its present direction and condition. Analysis is based on strategic management that using IFE, EFE, IE and QSPM matrix in order to select the best strategy. The analysis result showed that an alternative with the most attractiveness score is inventory control planning and therefore that is a chosen strategy to execute. Inventory control planning could retain optimal product availability with some method like Q Model, P Model, Min-Max inventory. That also could combine with the time series forecasting method to estimate the budget for inventory in the future. The company should keep using the best inventory method specification and evaluate the forecasting periodically in order to get the optimal product availability level.
ER  -