Expert systems for inventory control management

Abstract An expert system for inventory management is presented in this paper. The focus is on the development of a simple, user friendly tool that can be used by managers to increase the effectiveness of their inventory control systems. The expert system is capable of deriving input parameters by performing necessary analysis on databases, implementing a set of rules for the selection of inventory models, and present the output through tables. plots, or graphs. The scope of this paper is limited to the single item, single location problem.