Perencanaan dan Pengendalian Persediaan Obat Pada Rumah Sakit UmumPusat H. Adam Malik Medan Dengan Menggunakan Metode EconomicOrder Quantity

Purchasing plan in RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan hospital is based onthe average sales some weeks ago. Whereas, medicine sales fluctuation keeps onchanging. Therefore, if the sales average some weeks ago high, but the sales onthe following weeks is low, the medicine will be stored longer. On the contrary, ifthe sales average some weeks ago low, but on the following weeks it is high. Theinventory will be zero before the next order so it can enlarge the ordering cost.Because of those reason, the writer counts the quantity that has to be bought, andwhen to order to avoid waste inventory cost.In order to find out the quantity and the time to order, medicinecharacteristics must be known. The characteristics of medicine can be divided intothree, they are : low turn over medicine, average turn over medicine, and high turnover medicine.The differences of medicine characteristics will influence in thequantity and time of order.