American International University Bangladesh

ABC Classification: list of

items for household
purchased in a typical
month
Operations Management
Ali, S. M. Furkan

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ABC Classification: list of items for household purchased in a typical month:

No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38

Item (kg)
Cloth
Beef
Chicken
Ghee
Milk
Shaving Gel (pcs)
Ice cream
Rice
Soya bin Oil
Onion
Eggplant
Coke (600ltr)
Potato
Egg (4pcs)
Shampoo (pcs)
Cake (pcs)
Deodorant
Nugget (pcs)
Polao
Bread (pcs)
Ginger
Tomato
Air freshener
Dettol (750 ml)
Toothpaste (pcs)
Hand wash (pcs)
Toilet Cleaner (pcs)
Detergent
Mustard Oil
Toothbrush (pcs)
Turmeric Powder (100
gram)
Biscuit (pcs)
Garam Masala (40gm)
Noodles (pcs)
Chanachur
Sugar
Tang (125gm)
Garlic

Price
290
150
2000
64
960
250
48
116
40
80
38
25
30
310
60
260
120
120
15
200
100
200
185
75
75
75
72
140
45
30
12
55
17
50
50
85
80

Demand Cost (tk) Percentage Cumulative %

5000
17.84%
17.84%
15
4350
15.52%
33.36%
15
2250
8.03%
41.39%
1
2000
7.14%
48.52%
30
1920
6.85%
55.37%
2
1920
6.85%
62.22%
6
1500
5.35%
67.57%
20
960
3.43%
71.00%
8
928
3.31%
74.31%
10
400
1.43%
75.74%
5
400
1.43%
77.16%
10
380
1.36%
78.52%
15
375
1.34%
79.86%
12
360
1.28%
1.28%
1
310
1.11%
2.39%
5
300
1.07%
3.46%
1
260
0.93%
4.39%
2
240
0.86%
5.24%
2
240
0.86%
6.10%
15
225
0.80%
6.90%
1
200
0.71%
7.62%
2
200
0.71%
8.33%
1
200
0.71%
9.04%
1
185
0.66%
9.70%
2
150
0.54%
10.24%
2
150
0.54%
10.77%
2
150
0.54%
11.31%
2
144
0.51%
11.82%
1
140
0.50%
12.32%
3
135
0.48%
12.80%
4
10
2
6
2
2
1
1

120
120
110
102
100
100
85
80

0.43%
0.43%
0.39%
0.36%
0.36%
0.36%
0.30%
0.29%

13.23%
13.66%
14.05%
14.42%
14.77%
15.13%
15.43%
15.72%

Class
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68

Lemon (4pcs)
Tea (200gm)
Flour
Beef masala (15 gm)
Soap (pcs)
Coconut Oil
Banana (4 pcs)
Pumpkin (pcs)
Green Pepper
Puffed Rice
Cumin Powder (15gm)
Puisak (ati)
Cucumber
Lau (pcs)
Kochur loti
Semai
Savlon Cream
Papaya
Salt
Dishwash Bar (pcs)
Potol
Mug Dal
Chal kumra (pcs)
Lalsak (ati)
Moshur Dal
Kerosene
Kakrol
Suji
Bhindi
Zucchini
Total

20
80
40
15
24
260
20
30
60
60
15
20
40
20
40
35
35
30
25
12
40
100
20
10
65
72
48
60
40
30

4
1
2
5
3
0.25
3
2
1
1
4
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
0.5
0.2
1
2
0.3
0.25
0.25
0.2
0.25
0.25

80
80
80
75
72
65
60
60
60
60
60
60
40
40
40
35
35
30
25
24
20
20
20
20
19.5
18
12
12
10
7.5

0.29%
0.29%
0.29%
0.27%
0.26%
0.23%
0.21%
0.21%
0.21%
0.21%
0.21%
0.21%
0.14%
0.14%
0.14%
0.12%
0.12%
0.11%
0.09%
0.09%
0.07%
0.07%
0.07%
0.07%
0.07%
0.06%
0.04%
0.04%
0.04%
0.03%

0.29%
0.57%
0.86%
1.12%
1.38%
1.61%
1.83%
2.04%
2.25%
2.47%
2.68%
2.90%
3.04%
3.18%
3.33%
3.45%
3.57%
3.68%
3.77%
3.86%
3.93%
4.00%
4.07%
4.14%
4.21%
4.28%
4.32%
4.36%
4.40%
4.42%

C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C

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Advantages of ABC analysis:

This approach helps us to exercise selective control and focus our attention only on a few items when we
are assosiated with many household items. By concerning on A category the materials we will be able to
identify exclusive inventories, when we used ABC classification high priced stocks are automatically
pinpointed. Many organizations have claimed that the ABC analysis has helped in reducing the clerical
costs and resulted in better planning and improved inventory turnover. ABC analysis has to be resorted to
because equal attention to A B and C items will not be worthwhile and would be very expensive.
Concentrating on all the items it is easy for everyone to manage inventory.