Costs & performance
Carrying cost, stockouts, excess stock, working capital, OTIF: putting a number on what the supply chain costs and earns, metric by metric.
The hidden cost of supply chain disruptions
The hidden cost of supply chain disruptions gets lost in expedited freight, excess stock, stockouts and meetings that drag on. Added together, entire margin points disappear.
Read the article→Replanning production after disruptions: who decides?
Replanning production after a breakdown or a supplier delay: freeze rules, the role of the scheduler and the real cost of each trade-off. And the question that still has no tool: what gets sacrificed.
Read the article→Forecast accuracy: measuring error (MAPE, bias)
Forecast accuracy is measured with MAPE and bias: knowing your real error is the foundation of correctly sized inventory. Here are these indicators and how to read them.
Read the article→Finally put a number on what disruptions cost you every year.
Let's start by estimating what your disruptions really cost you. It's free, it takes 30 minutes, and you leave with a figure nobody in your company knows today.