%0 Journal Article %T APLICACI¨®N DEL MODELO DE INVENTARIO MANEJADO POR EL VENDEDOR EN UNA EMPRESA DEL SECTOR ALIMENTARIO COLOMBIANO %A Arango %A Mart¨ªn Dar¨ªo %A Zapata %A Julian Andr¨¦s %A Jaimes %A Wilson Adarme %J Revista EIA %D 2011 %I Escuela de ingenieria de Antioquia %X this paper presents the application of vmi (vendor managed inventory) in a colombian enterprise that distributes food products. here it is shown a clear definition of vmi and it is analyzed the key elements and the most important vmi models that can be found in related research literature. also presents a comparative assessment of two methods proposed in the literature for calculating the replenishment quantities in a vmi context, which are compared with the current procedure implemented for such propose in the company. %K vmi %K replenishment process %K inventory management %K action-reward learning model %K newsvendor problem model. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1794-12372011000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en