Sales Forecast And Inventory Management Of Imported Products Of R Company

Along with the sustained and rapid economic development,the demand for imported products has been rising,and imported products are characterized by high value,long transport lead time,massive funds occupied.Sales forecast and inventory management play the key roles in integrating and coordinating the supply chain.This paper that’s based on the import sector of Shanghai logistics center in R Company studies the methods improving sales forecast and how to set reasonable safety stock.Firstly,sales forecast has been becoming the foundation of accurate inventory management in R Company.By the project analysis of imported switch,we focus on existing qualitative and quantitative methods of sales forecast.And combining imported products itself with market development,these improvement methods given could promote the forecast accuracy that’s already verified by the actual cases in R Company.Next,improving on time delivery is an important factor that’s affecting sales performance in R Company,it could help improve the supply chain management and market competitiveness of the company to control the inventory under the premise of meeting the required customer service level,and it’s playing an important part in the inventory management.We are developing how to set up safety stock of imported switch in supply chain when uncertain factors appear with the experience method and statistics method that mean controlling the buffer stock with long lead time for imported products.All methods are verified by R Company.