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  • Inventory Optimization and Multi Echelon References

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    Sherbrooke, Craig C. “METRIC: A Multi-echelon Technique for Recoverable Item Control.” Operations Research 16 (1968).
    Sherbrooke, C.C. Multi-echelon, Multi-item Inventory Model for Recoverable Items. RAND Corporation, 1966.
    Sherbrooke, C.C.  METRIC: A Multi-echelon Technique for Recoverable Item Control. RAND Corporation, 1966.
    Snapp, Shaun. Supply Planning with MRP, DRP and APS Software. Brightwork Research & Analysis Press, 2012.
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  • MRP, DRP, Heuristic, Allocation and Optimization Vendor Profiles

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    … hundred and fifty customers for its Supply Chain Planning and network planning tools, covering such industries as automotive, industrial, retail, wholesale and distribution. The Supply Chain Planning product set offers a focused Supply Chain Planning footprint.
    www.barloworld.com
    Demand Works
    Demand Works is a best-of-breed demand and supply planning vendor that emphasizes flexible and easy-to-configure solutions. This book only focuses on the supply planning functionality within their Smoothie product, which includes MRP and DRP.
    www.demandworks.com
    JDA
    JDA was started in 1978 and offers a wide variety of supply chain applications. JDA has thirty …

  • How MCA Solutions Should be Remembered

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    … sometimes consultant. Along with the people they brought in, they were able to implement something that had previously been primarily of academic interest in a commercial product.
    A High Degree of Control Over the Supply Plan
    MCA developed one of the most powerful supply planning applications, either in service parts planning or finished goods planning. I have used (MCA’s solution was also forecasting customized explicitly for service parts). A few of the reasons that MCA’s application was so powerful are listed below:

    By leveraging MEIO, which is more powerful and controllable than other supply planning methods (MRP …

  • Forecasting Vendor Profiles

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    Profiles
    The following vendors are showcased in the Brightwork Research & Analysis book on forecasting.
    Demand Works
    Demand Works is a best-of-breed demand and supply-planning vendor that emphasizes flexible and easy-to-configure solutions. This book only focuses on the supply planning functionality within their Smoothie product, which includes MRP and DRP.
    https://www.demandworks.com
    JDA
    JDA was started in 1978 and offers a wide variety of supply chain applications. JDA has 37 offices with 3,000 employees and is a combination of brands including i2 Technologies, Manugistics, E3, Intactix and Aurthur.
    https://www.jda.com
    ToolsGroup …

  • Our Book on the Best Supply Chain Forecasting Software

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    … covers:

    Explains how consensus based forecasting software and statistical forecasting software compare to one another.
    Why most companies are using forecasting systems that have poor hierarchical capabilities.
    The concept of virtual hierarchies versus static hierarchies and why virtual hierarchies are so preferable.
    Innovation in the data layer that supports forecasting applications.
    What makes a statistical method “statistical.”
    How to perform demand forecasting for lumpy items (and how it relates to supply planning), with examples of how general demand lumpiness is increasing and reducing forecast accuracy.
    How and why the IT department can and should be taken out of the …

  • Inventory Optimization and Multi-Echelon Planning Software

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    Inventory Optimization and Multi-Echelon Planning Software
    Screenshots and examples from MCA Solutions/Servigistics, ToolsGroup, Logility, and SmartOps.
    What The Book Covers
    This book explains the emerging technology of inventory optimization and multi-echelon (MEIO) supply planning. It takes a complex subject and effectively communicates what MEIO is about in plain English terms. This is the only book currently available that describes MEIO for practitioners, instead of for mathematicians or academics.
    The book describes with text and graphics how inventory optimization allows the entire supply plan to be controlled with service levels, and how multi-echelon technology answers the question …

  • SAP APO Books

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    … and their implications.”
    A brief description and link to more detail is listed below:

    Multi-Method Supply Planning in SAP APO
    What the Book is About
    Which supply planning method meets your company’s business requirements? The answer might surprise you! Here’s the truth: There is no one right supply planning method for all situations, even within one company! In fact, it is unnecessary to choose only one method, and using multiple supply planning methods is feasible and in most cases, has many advantages over using a single method. This book explains why no one supply planning method meets …

  • Brightwork Enterprise Software Books

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    See our books by category below. They fall into the following categories:

    Supply Chain Management Books
    Supply Chain Software Books
    ERP Books
    IT Decision Making Books

    Click the tabs to the right of the first tab to see a brief description of each book.
    IT Decision Making Books
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    Demand Planning Books
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    Supply Planning Books
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  • How to Understand SNP Optimizer Over Ordering

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    Executive Summary

    Is The Reason for Over Ordering due to R/3 or SNP?
    Examples of Combined Supposed SNP and R/3 Over Ordering
    Examples of Combined SNP Only Over Ordering
    Overages Caused by Both SNP Purchase Requisitions and SNP Planned Orders
    What Recommendations are in the Optimizer Input Log?
    When in the Time Horizon does Over Ordering Occur?
    Synopsis of the Analysis up to This Point in the Paper
    Similarities Between the Products with High Overages
    SNP Optimizer Over Ordering
    Time Decomposition Enabled

    Introduction to Overordering
    One thinks of supply planning inaccuracy regarding both equally distributing over and under …

  • How to Best Use the Rounding Value vs the Lot Size in SAP SNP

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    … Order Batching
    Both the rounding value and lot size are forms of order batching. Order batching is performed to produce economic order quantities. The opposite of order batching is called lot for lot ordering, which is merely ordering in quantities that match the sales orders that are placed upon the system. Order batching allows for order quantities to be purchased or produced that is economically viable for the company.
    How Most Supply Planning Systems Work
    Most supply planning systems work by variable-order quantities combined with a minimum order quantity or rounding value to minimize transactional costs or shipping costs