How much inventory should you carry? 8 weeks feels ‘safe’, right? Maybe 10?I did not come into demand/supply planning with formal training in supply chain formulas - I was a political science major in …
Controversial opinion alert: If monthly S&OP feels like torture - you might want to consider doing it weekly.What? Insanity! In fact, many Operations leaders we talk to say they want to reduce S&OP frequency …
“That’s the best we can do for forecast accuracy - and this is really overfitting it”“Ok then. I guess we’re all getting fired”It was late 2017, in less than a year we would be …
Food rots while apparel goes out of style - a simple difference that drives totally different inventory planning needs. For planners who cut their teeth in apparel before joining food & beverage companies, the …
For most companies, inventory management starts simple - a few spreadsheets to track stock levels and do basic forecasting. But as your business grows more complex, maintaining those worksheets becomes a full-time job (in …
All physical goods companies have the same operating model: they procure goods, find customers, and sell finished goods to those customers. True, no company is the same. There are so many differences - in …