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The Basics of Inventory Management(for People NOT Responsible for Inventory Management)
Mark TomalonisPrincipalWarehouseTWO, LLC
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Three Questions
1. “Why is this NOT in stock?”
2. “How did we end up with all of this surplus inventory?”
3. “What do you do for a living, inventory control person?”
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Workshop Topics
• To stock or not to stock?
• Inventory management performance metrics
• Basics of inventory management
• Answers to the three questions
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To Stock or Not to Stock?
• Benefits & costs of stocking an item
• Benefits & costs of NOT stocking an item
• Finding a balance
• The cost of customer satisfaction
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Benefits & Costs of Stocking an Item
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Benefits & Costs of NOT Stocking an Item
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Finding a Balance
• (table comparing costs goes here)
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Inventory Management Performance Metrics
• SERVICE LEVEL
• how well you are meeting your customers’ expe
• ON-TIME-DELIVERY
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• TURNS
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The Cost of “Service Level”
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The Basics of Inventory Management
• Scope
• Four parameters that determine stocking disposition
• Possible item dispositions
• Stocking methods
• How much to stock? $ACOGS analysis
• Inventory plan decision flow chart
• Managing to Expectations✓
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Scope of Inventory Management
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Four Parameters that Determine Stocking Disposition
• Unit cost
• Quantity sold (in one year)
• Number of times sold (in one year; “# of hits”)
• Who buys it (distribution of sales by customer)
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Four Parameters that Determine Stocking Method Examples
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One-Year Metrics I II III IVUnit Cost $5 $5,000 $100 $500Quantity Sold 2000 2 100 100$ACOGS $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $50,000# of Hits 100 1 3 50% Sold to Top Customer 17% 100% 33% 90%
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Possible Item Dispositions (by # of Hits)
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all items, sorted by decreasing # hits (in one year)
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Inventory Management Terms
• ITEM (SKU)
• USAGE (forecasted demand)
• AMU (average monthly usage)
• ADU (average daily usage; AMU/30)
• HIT (order)
• LEAD TIME (average over multiple receipts)
• SAFETY STOCK (in days’ usage)
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Inventory Management Terms
• NET STOCK (NS)
= on hand (physically present)
- allocated (to an order, transfer, assembly)
- on backorder
+ on open purchase order (PO)
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Stocking Methods…
…tell you WHEN to buy
…tell you HOW MUCH to buy
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Stocking Methods
• Static (“minimum-maximum”)
• Dynamic (“Up-To”)
• Micro-Managed (high volume, high risk)
• Micro-Managed (exceptional circumstances)
• Non-stock (potential stock)
• Non-stock (not subject to being stocked EVER)
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Static Inventory Plan (“MIN-MAX”)
• “minimum-maximum” (“MIN-MAX”)
• two static control values, in quantities of the item
• Intended to be used for:
• infrequently sold items (e. g.: 3 to 6 “hits” per year)
• typical interval between “hits” is greater than lead time
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Static Inventory Plan (“MIN-MAX”)
• WHEN to buy
• net stock falls below “minimum” value (NS < MIN)
• “minimum” value is a multiple of average “hit” quantity
• HOW MUCH to buy
• “maximum” value minus net stock (MAX – NS)
• “maximum” value is a higher multiple of average “hit” quantity
• Demonstration…
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Static Inventory Plan (“MIN-MAX”)
• Effect on service level and turns
• “MIN” affects service level
• “MAX” affects “turns”
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Static Inventory Plan (“MIN-MAX”)
PROs
• easy to understand
• OK for slow-moving items
CONs
• does not adapt to changes in consumption or lead time
• easily misapplied to high usage items
• easily misapplied to items with long lead times✓
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Dynamic Inventory Plan (“Up-To”)
• “Up-To” (“UPTO”)
• control values are in days’ consumption, based on trailing average monthly usage
• Intended to be used for:
• frequently sold items (more than 6 “hits” per year)
• items for which consumption and/or lead time changes over time
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Dynamic Inventory Plan (“Up-To”)
• WHEN to buy
• net stock falls below “minimum” value (NS < MIN)
• “minimum” value is a multiple of average “hit” quantity
• HOW MUCH to buy
• “maximum” value minus net stock (MAX – NS)
• “maximum” value is a higher multiple of average “hit” quantity
• Demonstration…✓
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Dynamic Inventory Plan (“Up-To”)
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• Demonstration…
• OP affects service level
• OQ affects “turns”
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Dynamic Inventory Plan (“Up-To”)
PROs
• adapts to changes in consumption and lead time
• best tool to increase “turns’
CONs
• difficult to understand; not intuitive
• multiple control values to select (MS, SS)
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Micro-Managed Items:High Volume, High Risk
• Qualifiers
• item’s $ACOGS in top quartile of total $ACOGS
• top customer consumes 50%+ of item’s consumption
• Why it matters
• most common source of future surplus
• Recommended action
• review these items every month
• collaborate with customer (forecast)
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Micro-Managed Items:Exceptional Circumstances
• Qualifiers
• stocked per salesman’s request
• items consumed but not sold (Teflon tape)
• Why it matters
• potential for future surplus or unintended stock-out
• Recommended action
• isolate from computerized auto-reclassification
• manually review quarterly
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How Much to Stock? $ACOGS Analysis
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• Demonstration…
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Inventory Plan Constants by ABCD
• table to determine multiples of average order size (for min/max) or months’ supply and safety stock (for Up-To)
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Possible Item Dispositions (by # of Hits)
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all items, sorted by decreasing # hits (in one year)
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high medium slow inactive
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Quarterly Inventory Plan Method Selector (Concept)
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Recent &anticipated sales
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Nonstock
Static Dynamic
Micro-Managed
Lots of hits?High $$$
mostly to onecustomer?
Specialcircumstances?
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NO NO NO
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Quarterly Inventory Plan Method Selector (Example)
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Start
last 6mo: 2+ hits?prev. 6mo: 1+ hits?future sales?
Nonstock
Static Dynamic
Micro-Managed
last 6mo: 4+ hits?$ACOGS > $25K?> 75% sales to one customer?
Stock request?New customer?Strategic item?Service item?
YES YES
YES
NO NO NO
NO
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Four Parameters that Determine Stocking Method Examples
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One-Year Metrics I II III IVUnit Cost $5 $5,000 $100 $500Quantity Sold 2000 2 100 100$ACOGS $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $50,000# of Hits 100 1 3 50% Sold to Top Customer 17% 100% 33% 90%Disposition dynamic non-stock static micro-
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Inventory Control Values
• Step 1: Define $ACOGS thresholds for ABCD classification
• (show screenshot of ABCD tool)
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Inventory Control Values
• Step 2: Define control values for statically and dynamically managed items, by ABCD classification
• (table that shows the above)
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Managing to Expectations
• Clearly define performance expectations
• service level
• on-time delivery
• turns
• Measure and review at least quarterly!
• measure by ABCD classification and inventory control method
• change ABCD threshold values and control values and then measure again…
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong????
• You have assigned the responsibility of inventory management to the wrong person
• Item usage is not reviewed often enough
• Control values are not set correctly or reviewed
• How your ERP system works is not understood
• The tools in your ERP system are not used
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Who Makes a Good Inventory Manager?
• Pays attention to details
• Is a good puzzle solver (crosswords, Sudoku, etc.)
• Knows your ERP system and MS Excel
• Is comfortable saying “no”
• Is comfortable saying “no” to YOU
• Does not crave glory or attention
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Three Questions
1. “Why is this NOT in stock?”
2. “How did we end up with all of this surplus inventory?”
3. “What do you do for a living, inventory control person?”
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“Why is this NOT in stock?”
• No stock plan
• Not enough sales history to justify a stock plan
• No “speculative” stock plan request submitted
• Bad stock plan
• Plan is not appropriate for current consumption rate
• Exceptional consumption ( ) or lead time ( )😃 😠
• Purchasing error
• You did not buy to stock plan
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“How did we end up with all of this surplus inventory?”
• High volume high risk item was not “micro-managed”
• Bad stock plan
• Plan was not reviewed often enough
• Bad speculative stock request
• Periodic factory inventory returns not done
• Error in purchasing or order entry
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“What do you do for a living, inventory control person?”
• “Inventory control” is NOT “purchasing”
• inventory control is PRO-active
• purchasing is RE-active
• Monthly tasks
• Quarterly tasks
• Annual tasks
• On-demand/periodical tasks
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MONTHLY Inventory Control Tasks
• “Micro-manage” high volume, high risk items
• Review recent consumption
• Review forecasted consumption
• Consult with sales person
• Review inventory plan
• Review incoming POs
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QUARTERLY Inventory Control Tasks
• Review inventory control metrics
• service level (availability from stock)
• on-time delivery
• inventory turns
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QUARTERLY Inventory Control Tasks
• Review/reclassify all items in ERP database
• (flow chart)
• use automated tools (ERP tools or spreadsheet)
• Identify potential surplus items
• Review speculatively stocked items
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ANNUAL Inventory Control Tasks
• Review/revise $ACOGS ABCD thresholds
• Review/revise MIN/MAX control values by ABCD class
• Review/revise OP, OQ and SSD control values by ABCD class
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ON-DEMAND Inventory Control Tasks
• Item database maintenance
• part number, list price, cost, PO cost calculation
• Process new speculative stock requests
• Dispose of surplus inventory
• Annual inventory returns/exchanges
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Workshop Topics
• To stock or not to stock?
• Inventory management performance metrics
• Basics of inventory management
• Answers to the three questions
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Questions?
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