Automation of the Process of Taking Cyclic Inventories in a Commercial CompanyLocated in Lima and its Effect on the Reduction of Expenses

Abstract

This research describes and at the same time analyzes an innovation initiative carried out in a commercial company located in Lima at the beginning of 2013, where the automation of the process of taking cyclical inventories implemented reduced the sales expenses of the company, which are significant and whose reduction directly resulted in the increase in net profits of the commercial company studied. The methodology consists of a questionnaire that contains 14 questions as a survey that allowed to know the profile and knowledge of the sales managers in charge of making cyclical inventories, and also to their knowledge and expectations in relation to sales expenses related to this activity; in addition, an analysis of financial results is shown, which shows that the automation of inventory taking through the use of scanners reduced sales expenses by S/ 1 886.50 per month (S/ 22 638.00 per year), and that if this innovation were replicated in the rest of the branches of this chain of stores, they would be able to reduce these expenses by S/ 205 800.00, which represents a reduction of 0.05 % from the sales of the previous year.