Stores - AAC approval of ABC Categories
Designed to help the candidates appearing the Appendix 3, LDCE, 70% etc of Railway Accounts
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Inventory Control - Methods
Inventory Control - Methods
| 
   Method  | 
  
   Stands for   | 
  
   Based on   | 
 
| 
   ABC  | 
  
   A / B / C  | 
  
   Pareto principle   | 
 
| 
   FSN  | 
  
   Fast / Slow / Non
    - Moving  | 
  
   On the level of
  consumption (moving), frequency of demands and their utility  | 
 
| 
   GOLF  | 
  
   Government /
  Ordinary / Local / Foreign - Source  | 
  
   On the source of
  supplies  | 
 
| 
   HML  | 
  
   High / Medium / Low
  - cost per unit  | 
  
   On the unit cost of
  items  | 
 
| 
   SDE  | 
  
   Scarce / Difficult /
  Easily - availability of item  | 
  
   On the criteria of
  availability of item  | 
 
| 
   SOS  | 
  
   Seasonal / Off
  seasonal - item  | 
  
   On the nature of
  supplies  | 
 
| 
   VED  | 
  
   Vital / Essential /
  Desirable - items  | 
  
   On the criticality
  in end use  | 
 
| 
   XYZ  | 
  
   High / Medium / Low
  - Inventory value  | 
  
   On inventory value
  of items at a given time  | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
