Comments on: what are chain management tools? http://chaintools.com/blog/what-are-chain-management-tools/ ChainTools.com Tue, 22 May 2012 19:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jurij-EU http://chaintools.com/blog/what-are-chain-management-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Jurij-EU Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:18:37 +0000 http://chaintools.com/2008/12/03/what-are-chain-management-tools/#comment-82 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 8) 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;
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 8) 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…

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