Service Level Driven Planning

by Xabier Lizartzategi | Jul 2, 2019

Service Level Driven Planning (SLDP) is an approach to inventory planning. It prescribes optimal service level targets continually identifies and communicates trade-offs between service and cost that are at the root of all wise inventory decisions.

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