Inventory Strategy

Use Inventory Strategy to determine an optimized time-phased inventory plan across your multi-echelon supply chain. Include all your inventory classifications including raw materials, work-in-process, cycle stock, in-transit, finished goods, and safety stock in order to meet your desired customer service levels with the lowest investment in inventory.

For additional information, see Safety Stock Optimization case study.

Licensed capability:

Input tables:

Category Table
Transactions and Forecasts

Customer Forecasts

Site Forecasts

User Defined Customer Forecast Profile

User Defined Site Forecast Profile

Inventory

Safety Stock Optimization Constraints

Service Level Optimization Constraints

Service Level Optimization Parameters

Input columns:

No capability-specific requirements.

Model capabilities:

Technology Solver Solver Options Problem Types
Inventory Optimization Inventory Optimization Options

Safety Stock Optimization

Safety Stock + Service Level Optimization

Safety Stock Optimization + Rolling Horizon Modeling

Service Level Optimization

Rolling Horizon Modeling

Rolling Horizon Validation

Safety Stock Optimization Infeasibility Diagnosis

Inventory Simulation

 

Last modified: Friday May 12, 2023

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