Inventory Management

Optimize stock levels in the logistical - distribution chain

For companies, Inventory management, or stock management, is a key element to optimize the logistics service level and meet customer expectations. For this reason, within the logistics-distribution chain, stock management must include solid inventory planning.

 

The definition of an infinite capacity replenishment plan is achieved through the analysis of some factors:

  • Sales forecasts and their reliability
  • Target service level
  • Orders
  • Stocks
  • Replenishments

Main features of inventory management software

In order to manage the inventory and to optimize the stock, vendor management inventory is handled directly by the company:

  • Plans monthly target stock profiles, finding the best trade-off between service level, coverage depth and inventory management costs.
  • Configures different coverage policies at different product/market aggregation levels and calculates target stock for every logical node in the logistics network
  • Generates a Master Production Schedule by conciliating monthly strategic targets with real stock availability according to a set of inventory policies
  • Calculates the replenishment plan for every logical node in the logistics network and allows top-down and bottom-up analysis of stock coverage, replenishment and trends
  • Forces service levels, safety stock, target stock and replenishment values

Benefits of an inventory management software

The benefits of adopting a vendor-planned inventory management software affect all levels of the logistics-distribution chain:

  • Service-level improvement, limiting stock-outs
  • Inventory cost reduction, by reducing surplus stock
  • Improved profit margins, through the application of targeted replenishment policies
  • Supply cost reduction, with the option of forward planning
  • Optimized stock control in relation to individual distribution warehouses
  • Logistics cost reduction linked to stock transfers

Features of sedApta Suite Inventory Management

Inventory Management is the advanced system of sedApta Suite for warehouse inventory management.

The two analytical modules in this tool are capable of ensuring the achievement of important strategic advantages:

Inventory Control

Inventory Control is the component that helps determine the replenishment plan for each node on the logistics chain. Through the simulation of multiple scenarios, the tool allows users to determine the best inventory policy, considering the target service level, stock coverage objectives and characteristics and constraints of the logistics chain (e.g. supplier lead times).

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Inventory Planning

The module calculates optimum safety stock using a mathematical engine. Compliant determination of the service level is ensured through reliability of the forecast curves and the financial and logistics parameters.

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About Sales & Operations Planning

Value creation across the planning horizon

Optimizing Sales & Operational Planning is, in today’s demand-driven markets, key to enable companies to reach their business goals. If your company aims to achieve “best-in-class” performance and surpass the industry competition, it must be able to implement an efficient business S&OP process, which will only be as effective as the technology it utilizes.

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