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Julian Stephens
December 18, 2012 at 5:47 pmIt would be interesting to know how much of this is “avoidable”. No-one has a crystal ball so forecast inaccuracy will always be there but how often do stock-outs occur that could have been avoided if the right person had looked at the right report at the right time?
Julian Stephens
December 18, 2012 at 5:48 pmAlso these figures should be compared against the amount of overstocking that is happening – how much is the problem caused by the supply chain being intrinsically too lean or inflexible and how much is due to the wrong goods being made/bought/stocked?