Effective Inventory Planning & Stock Control

• Inventory management definition
• Types of stock
• Demand amplifications
• Demand replenishment in networks
• Managing the flows
• Type I and II supply chains
• The Supply Chain Rules
• Inventory and statistics
• Concept of service level

• Key Component: Demand Analysis
• Key Component: Demand Forecasting
• Key Component: Supply Lead Time
• Key Component: Cost & Benefits
• Inventory benefits
• Inventory policies
• Inventory in organizations

• Basic mechanics of inventory systems
• The stock time curve
• Stock components
• Stock investment
• Free stock
• Fixed order quantity systems
• Fixed order time cycle systems
• Requirements planning systems

Stock Control and Checking

• Inventory receipts
• Identifying inventory
• Surplus and obsolescent stock
• Stock control and records
• Stock checking programs
• Reviewing current procedures and polices

• Inventory Assessment
• Assessing the stock level
• Models for implementing inventory control
• Determining stock targets
• Inventory questions
• Inventory KPI's in warehouses/stores

Inventory Strategies

• Push/pull
• Quick response (QR)
• Efficient consumer response (ECR)
• Collaborative planning forecasting and replenishment (CPFR)
• Lean and agile approaches
• Quality Management
• Postponement
• Cross Docking
• Consolidation
• Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
• Consignment stocking
• Co Managed Inventory (CMI)
• Direct product profitability (DPP)
• Economic value added (EVA)
• Collaborative supply chains

• Using the Supply Chain
• Using the Theory of Constraints
• Practical inventory improvements
• Call offs and Telemetry
• EDI and ICT
• Keys to reducing stock levels
• The 7 Rules for planning inventory
• Model for planning inventory