Tony Wild

Best Practice in Inventory Management (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Best Practice in Inventory Management 3E offers a simple, entirely jargon-free and yet comprehensive introduction to key aspects of inventory management. Business is about good supply to customers while keeping costs low. Inventory is the fluid that enables this to happen. Managing this effectively is the key to success.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351865357
• Artikelnr.: 50136007

Autorenporträt

Tony Wild, PhD, is Managing Director of Dawson Berkeley & Partners Ltd, UK. Tony is a leading expert on Inventory Management, developing and introducing new ideas in large and small companies in their Supply Chains, He is also lecturing at the University of Warwick. Tony would now like to pass on his secrets of success to generations of students and practitioners, who can use them and take up this exciting and challenging profession

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Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
1 THE BASIS OF INVENTORY CONTROL
1.A The role of inventory management
1.B Objectives for inventory control
1.C Profit through inventory management
1.D Reasons for the current stock
2 CUSTOMER SERVICE
2.A Customer Relations
2.B Measuring availability
2.C Demand management
2.D Consuming forecast demand and supply lead time
3 SHAPING INVENTORY
3.A Using Pareto Analysis for control
3.B ABC Analysis
3.C Stock cover
3.D Pareto stock balance
4 PRACTICAL METHODS FOR REDUCING STOCKHOLDING
4.A Approach to Inventory Reduction
4.B The Reduction Project
4 C Obsolete and Excess Stock
5 MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
5.A Where stock control fits into the organisation
5.B Responsibilities and targets
5.C Skills and Systems
5.D Inventory valuation
6 LEAN SUPPLY
6.A Lean Supply Philosophy
6.B Lean Principles
6.C Implementing lean
6.D Operational benefits of Lean Supply
6.E Developing Lean Operations
7 SAFETY STOCKS
7.A Learning from History
7.B Normal demand patterns
7.C Evaluating safety stocks
8 SETTING THE RIGHT STOCK LEVELS
8.A Simple Assessment of Review Levels
8.B Managing Lead Times
8.C Supplier Delivery frequency effects
8.D Target stock levels
9 PROCUREMENT
9.A The Role of Supply Chain Procurement
9.B Supply partnerships
9.C Single Sourcing
9.D Supply Partnerships
9.E Vendor Appraisal
9.F Pricing Methods
10 DELIVERY QUANTITIES
10.A Supply and Suppliers
10.B Organising Repetitive Supply
10.C Order types
10.D Order quantities
10.E Delivery Quantities
10.F Scheduling supply
10.G Supply Co-ordination
10.H Purchasing Processes
11 FORECASTING DEMAND
11.A Options for assessing demand
11.B Causes of forecasting inaccuracy
11.C Methods of improving forecasting
12 HISTORICAL FORECASTING TECHNIQUES
12.A Basic Forecasting Techniques
12.B Moving Average
12.C Exponentially Weighted Averages
12.D Improved Values for Mean Absolute Deviation
12.E Choosing the Best Forecast - Focus Forecasting
13 IMPROVED FORECASTING METHODS
13.A More Forecasting Tools
13.B Forecasting for seasonal sales
14 DEPENDENT DEMAND
14.A Avoiding uncertainty
14.B Material requirements planning
14.C Master planning
15 SUPPLY CHAIN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
15.A The basis of the lean supply chain
15.B Coordination
15.C Supply Chain Operations
15.D Replenishment Techniques
16 MEETING THE CHALLENGES
16.A Review
16.B Recipe for success
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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Table of Contents

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

1 THE BASIS OF INVENTORY CONTROL

1.A The role of inventory management

1.B Objectives for inventory control

1.C Profit through inventory management

1.D Reasons for the current stock

2 CUSTOMER SERVICE

2.A Customer Relations

2.B Measuring availability

2.C Demand management

2.D Consuming forecast demand and supply lead time

3 SHAPING INVENTORY

3.A Using Pareto Analysis for control

3.B ABC Analysis

3.C Stock cover

3.D Pareto stock balance

4 PRACTICAL METHODS FOR REDUCING STOCKHOLDING

4.A Approach to Inventory Reduction

4.B The Reduction Project

4 C Obsolete and Excess Stock

5 MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

5.A Where stock control fits into the organisation

5.B Responsibilities and targets

5.C Skills and Systems

5.D Inventory valuation

6 LEAN SUPPLY

6.A Lean Supply Philosophy

6.B Lean Principles

6.C Implementing lean

6.D Operational benefits of Lean Supply

6.E Developing Lean Operations

7 SAFETY STOCKS

7.A Learning from History

7.B Normal demand patterns

7.C Evaluating safety stocks

8 SETTING THE RIGHT STOCK LEVELS

8.A Simple Assessment of Review Levels

8.B Managing Lead Times

8.C Supplier Delivery frequency effects

8.D Target stock levels

9 PROCUREMENT

9.A The Role of Supply Chain Procurement

9.B Supply partnerships

9.C Single Sourcing

9.D Supply Partnerships

9.E Vendor Appraisal

9.F Pricing Methods

10 DELIVERY QUANTITIES

10.A Supply and Suppliers

10.B Organising Repetitive Supply

10.C Order types

10.D Order quantities

10.E Delivery Quantities

10.F Scheduling supply

10.G Supply Co-ordination

10.H Purchasing Processes

11 FORECASTING DEMAND

11.A Options for assessing demand

11.B Causes of forecasting inaccuracy

11.C Methods of improving forecasting

12 HISTORICAL FORECASTING TECHNIQUES

12.A Basic Forecasting Techniques

12.B Moving Average

12.C Exponentially Weighted Averages

12.D Improved Values for Mean Absolute Deviation

12.E Choosing the Best Forecast - Focus Forecasting

13 IMPROVED FORECASTING METHODS

13.A More Forecasting Tools

13.B Forecasting for seasonal sales

14 DEPENDENT DEMAND

14.A Avoiding uncertainty

14.B Material requirements planning

14.C Master planning

15 SUPPLY CHAIN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

15.A The basis of the lean supply chain

15.B Coordination

15.C Supply Chain Operations

15.D Replenishment Techniques

16 MEETING THE CHALLENGES

16.A Review

16.B Recipe for success

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS