I nventory Management is one of the most responsibilities of an operationsrnmanager. Insufficient inventories hamper production and limits sales, where asrnexcessive inventories tie up cash that may be urgently needed elsewhere. It is nornsurprise, then, that inventory control has been the key to the success of manyrnfirms as well as the cause of failure of numerous others. (Monks,1989:392).rnIn view of the above, this paper is on 'Rubber Inventory Management'. The paperrnaimed at describing the existing rubber inventory management practice of AddisrnTyre Share Company. For this purpose both primary and secondary sources ofrndata were utilized. The primary sources of data were collected using interview.rnDue to its flexibility, the unstructured type of interview was employed. Thernresearch is expected to provide information at least on the proportion of the totalrncapital invested in rubber inventory, the type of inventory control systemrnemployed, and the contribution of this system to operation efficiency.