A Multi-attribute Classification Method on Fresh Agricultural Products

By analyzing the current situation of inventory management of enterprises of fresh agricultural products in Handan city as an example and based on the nature of fresh agricultural products, this paper points out the defect and disadvantage of single classification standard of ABC classification method in inventory classification; and applies the improved classification method based on ABC classification method and multi-attribute strategic method. By selecting multiple standards as sorting criterion, such as storage facility, influence of stockout, seasonality and availability, the paper studies the classification method of inventory management in order to reduce the logistic cost of fresh agricultural products in logistic system. Inde Terms—fresh agricultural product, inventory management, ABC classification method, multi-attribute strategic method.