د.محمد عياد ابوشهيوه2026-10-182026-10-18https://dspace.academy.edu.ly/handle/123456789/2652Supply Chain Management is a network of facilities that produce raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products, and deliver the products to customers through a distribution system. It spans procurement, manufacturing and distribution(5) the basic objective of supply chain management is to “optimize performance of the chain to add as much value as possible for the least cost possible”. In other words, it aims to link all the supply chain agents to jointly cooperate within the firm as a way to maximize productivity in the supply chain and deliver the most benefits to all related parties (6). Supply chain management coordinates and integrates all of these activities into a seamless process. During the process, inventory holding and warehousing play an important role in modern supply chains. A survey of logistics costs in Europe identified the cost of inventory as being 13% of total logistics costs, whilst warehousing accounted for a further 24% (7) .As well as being significant in cost terms, they are important in terms of customer service, with product availability being a key service metric and warehousing being critical to the success or failure of many supply chains.Inventory management is managing the parts or stocks of materials in any form inside the plant and stabilizing the flow of materials considering the variability in demand. It is very important that the inventory plans are structured in such a way that they accommodate variability in demand especially when the company deals with multiple products. Inventory management starts from procurement of materials for manufacturing or processing until it reaches the customer as a finished product. Even stocked up finished goods are to be managed inside the facility along with the unprocessed materials. So it becomes important to frame an overall plan that considers all materials to be stocked up inside the facility. Inventory management plans will lead to categorizing parts that comprise to a complete product and helps in deciding the amount of inventory for each part that is stocked at any given time. Inventory management also facilitates a plant to decide the release and order intake dates of raw materials and finished parts considering the demand of the product and allotment of space for stocking materials inside the available facilityIINTEGRATE IINVENTORY MANAGEMENT