Four helpful indicators of supply quality are: perfect purchase order percentage (PPOP), supplier fill rate (SFR),...
Purchase Order Cost The cost per purchase order is a critical element in supply planning,...
Inventory levels to a large degree are about trust. Since we tend to not trust...
Customer response time requirements are also a significant contributor to inventory requirements. If required customer...
There is a near maniacal emphasis on leadtime reduction in many organizations. A few years ago...
A good warehouse management system should maintain an on-going to-do list of required transactions based...
Sales and operations planning (S&OP) receives a lot of attention as a potential panacea for...
A few years ago we developed a supply chain strategy for the spares group in...
Sometimes it’s not the amount of inventory but where it is located that makes the...
One of our clients is a large food company delivering on a DSD basis to...
The two-bin inventory control method is mainly used for small or low value items at...