1) Control of events;
2) Management of information flows
3) IT support (for life-stock updates)
4) Stock in/Stock out monitoring
5) Obsolescence/Surplus management
6) GPS systems (to control cargo delivery)
7) Just-in-time methods Liquidity management
9) Inventories planning (Baumol model, Economic order quantity model, etc.)
10) Cost control
11) Risk control
12) Reserve stock management
13) Shortages control/management/monitoring
14) Damaged goods/cargo control
15) Good current asset manager
16) Optimal delivery-path methods
17) Right order quantities (taking into account volume-purchase discounts, etc.)
18) Knowing demand dynamics for goods (including seasonal fluctuations and business-cycle stage)
19) Knowing your market including competitors reaction scenarios + macro-level risks for longer-runs.
20) Currency exchange-rates monitoring.
21) Good accounting system
22) Insurance support
23) etc…
1) Control of events;
Liquidity management
2) Management of information flows
3) IT support (for life-stock updates)
4) Stock in/Stock out monitoring
5) Obsolescence/Surplus management
6) GPS systems (to control cargo delivery)
7) Just-in-time methods
9) Inventories planning (Baumol model, Economic order quantity model, etc.)
10) Cost control
11) Risk control
12) Reserve stock management
13) Shortages control/management/monitoring
14) Damaged goods/cargo control
15) Good current asset manager
16) Optimal delivery-path methods
17) Right order quantities (taking into account volume-purchase discounts, etc.)
18) Knowing demand dynamics for goods (including seasonal fluctuations and business-cycle stage)
19) Knowing your market including competitors reaction scenarios + macro-level risks for longer-runs.
20) Currency exchange-rates monitoring.
21) Good accounting system
22) Insurance support
23) etc…