Supplier Quality Metrics

Four helpful indicators of supply quality are: perfect purchase order percentage (PPOP), supplier fill rate (SFR),...

Supplier Financial Metrics

Purchase Order Cost The cost per purchase order is a critical element in supply planning,...

Inventory Visibility Optimization

Inventory levels to a large degree are about trust. Since we tend to not trust...

The Role of Customer Service Leadtimes

Customer response time requirements are also a significant contributor to inventory requirements. If required customer...

Leadtime Reduction

There is a near maniacal emphasis on leadtime reduction in many organizations. A few years ago...

Interleaving

A good warehouse management system should maintain an on-going to-do list of required transactions based...

Sales and Operations Planning

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) receives a lot of attention as a potential panacea for...

Deployment Simulation System

A few years ago we developed a supply chain strategy for the spares group in...

Inventory Deployment

Sometimes it’s not the amount of inventory but where it is located that makes the...

Deployment Optimization

One of our clients is a large food company delivering on a DSD basis to...

Inventory Deployment

Sometimes it’s not the amount of inventory but where it is located that makes the...

Two-Bin System

The two-bin inventory control method is mainly used for small or low value items at...