Material management is the planning, organizing, and controlling of materials from initial purchase through destination to maintain an even production flow without excessive stock. The objectives are to obtain materials at the right quality, quantity, time, place and cost. Material management aims to gain purchasing economies, satisfy demand during replenishment, carry reserve stock to avoid outages, stabilize consumption fluctuations, and provide reasonable client services. The functional areas include purchasing, central supply services, stores, print shops, pharmacy, and dietary and linen services.
2. Definition:
Material management is an approach for planning, organizing,
and controlling all those activities principally concerned with the
flow of materials into an organization in such a way as to
maintain an even flow of production without excessive
investment in material stock
Material management is a scientific technique, concerned with
Planning, Organizing &Control of flow of materials, from their
initial purchase to destination.
3. The 5 Rs of Material management
1. The Right quality
2. Right quantity of supplies
3. At the Right time
4. At the Right place
5. For the Right cost
AIM OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT !
4. PURPOSE OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT
To gain economy in purchasing
To satisfy the demand during period of
replenishment
To carry reserve stock to avoid stock out
To stabilize fluctuations in consumption
To provide reasonable level of client services
5. Objective of material management
Primary
Right price
High turnover
Low procurement
Continuity of supply
Consistency in quality
Good supplier
relations
Development of
personnel
Secondary
Forecasting
Inter-departmental
harmony
Product improvement
Standardization
Make or buy decision
New materials &
products
6. 1. To have adequate materials on hand when needed.
2. To pay the lowest possible prices, consistent with
quality and value requirement for purchases
materials.
3. To minimize the inventory investment.
4. To operate efficiently.
Four basic needs of Material management
7. Basic principles of material management
1. Effective management & supervision
It depends on managerial functions of
Planning
Organizing
Staffing
Directing
Controlling
Reporting
Budgeting
2. Sound purchasing methods
3. Skillful & hard poised negotiations
4. Effective purchase system
5. Should be simple
6. Must not increase other costs
7. Simple inventory control programme
8. Elements of material management
1. Demand estimation
2. Identify the needed items
3. Calculate from the trends in Consumption during last 2 years.
4. Review with resource constraints
9. Functional areas of material management
1. Purchasing
2. Central service supply
3. Central stores
4. The print shops
5. The pharmacy
6. Dietary
& Linen services