| Inventory management plays an important role in the enterprise management of automobile dealers.The inventory of retail enterprises has the characteristics of various types,different numbers,large capital occupation,high price elasticity of demand,high dynamics and volatility,which make inventory management quite difficult.With the overall oversupply of China’s automobile market after 2018,automobile dealers are the sales terminal of the automobile industry and downstream of the supply chain,their corporate profits continue to decline.Vehicle inventory is the main asset of automobile dealers,and inventory optimization and cost reduction have become one of the necessary measures.In terms of reasonable inventory structure,control of inventory quantity,meeting customer needs,preventing inventory risks,and reducing enterprise costs,there are still relatively few effective measures and scientific methods for automobile dealers.This paper takes M auto dealer as the research object,and introduces the company’s general situation and inventory operation.After analyzing the status quo of inventory management,the problems of inventory management are pointed out,namely:the management system and assessment mechanism are backward,there is no classification management of the whole vehicle,the order point and order quantity are unreasonable,the forecast of future demand is not accurate,the inventory The cost of financing is high,the value-added needs of customers cannot be met,the risk of storage and transportation is high,and the risk of sluggish inventory is high.These problems lead to unreasonable inventory quantity structure,low order fulfillment rate,high inventory management cost,low customer satisfaction,and high complaint rate.Aiming at the problems in inventory management of M car dealers,this paper proposes a series of improvement methods and tactics.In terms of management system,a data analysis position and assessment methods are added.In terms of inventory classification management,through the ABC classification method combined with the VED classification method,the classification management is carried out for the quantity and profitability of the whole vehicle.In terms of inventory ordering model,different ordering strategies are adopted for different types of vehicle models.The article makes corresponding settings for the safety stock quantity of the corresponding type of inventory,the availability rate of the ordered quantity,and the supervision cycle.In demand forecasting,moving average method and linear regression method are chosen to improve the effective forecasting of demand.Through the comparison of forecasting evaluation,the combination of the two methods is determined to guide demand forecasting.In terms of financing methods,the paper establishes the evaluation of 12 influencing factors based on cash,bank acceptance bills and financing of financial companies.In terms of increasing the added value of inventory,inventory vehicles can be pre-assembled with additional accessories based on customer needs to increase profitability.In the management of inventory logistics transportation,the article establishes the evaluation system of different transportation methods according to the length of transportation distance.In terms of inventory management in the store,strengthen the control of storage,storage and delivery links,and increase the monthly inventory work.Vehicles with long storage age,expired test-drive vehicles and damaged vehicles need to be sold as soon as possible to prevent the generation of sluggish inventory. |