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Publications
The Benefits of Moving from a Push to a Pull System
"Pull" inventory management systems described here help all levels of the supply chain overcome the frustrating and damaging side effects of "push" systems in wide use today. To fully realize sales, service and profit goals, what you require is a new way of thinking and behaving.
Less Inventory = Better Service
The answer to improving customer service is having the right inventory on the shelf when your customer needs it. Service levels can be improved without increasing inventory by moving away from sophisticated forecasting and ERP systems into a much simpler solution.
Supplier Reliability - Or Lack of It
Every traditional supply chain must deal with the consequences of supplier unreliability. Certainly you can't live with it for very long; otherwise, the "sales versus expense clash" can have a severe impact on your business. In order to permanently remove the conflict, the rules must change.
What's Wrong with Min/Max Ordering and What to Replace it With
Businesses have struggled to find the magic number for their inventory levels. Any level for an item seems to be an unsatisfactory compromise. The real culprit is not the inability to find the magic number, but rather ordering practices that have too often gone unquestioned. |
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