Track: Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Abstract

Inventory management is an important process in which companies plan, organize and control the goods produced, based on techniques and tools such as demand analysis and production planning and control. This article presents a bibliometric analysis based on inventory management. The proposed methodology is based on the information obtained from Scopus databases, raises and provides answers to six (6) questions, through a descriptive, thematic, collaborative and interrelated analysis, using computer supports such as VosViewers and Bibliometrix - Biblioshiny. The findings identified a positive trend in the volume of annual publications, highlighting the interest of the scientific and academic community in this area of knowledge. The results also allowed the identification of relevant topics grouped by cluster and the future research perspective, oriented to the solution of problems framed in modeling, stochastic process analysis, application of metaheristical algorithms and product design.