Forecast material requirements and suggest reorders

Purchasing forecasts material requirements and triggers reorders

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Fits: Purchasing · Production, engineering & maintenance · Logistics & warehousing

Fewer shortages in production and less capital tied up in stock. Reorders arrive in time, because delivery time and fluctuation are factored in.

Is this for you?

  • You regularly order the same materials with known delivery times.
  • Consumption per material has been recorded in your inventory management system for at least one to two years.
  • Reorder points have not been adjusted for a long time or are set by gut feeling.
First step today

Export the monthly consumption of an important material over two years with delivery time and the current reorder point, without supplier names. Have the requirements and reorder point recalculated using the template below, and check whether outliers are flagged.

How to go about it

  1. Set materials and ordering rules
  2. Gather consumption, delivery times and one-off effects
  3. Have requirements and reorders suggested
  4. Check suggestions against actual consumption
  5. Adopt suggestions in ordering
  6. Readjust monthly

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