The Smart Forecaster

 Pursuing best practices in demand planning,

forecasting and inventory optimization

We are often asked what the difference is between these two important performance metrics for inventory planning. While they are both important for measuring how successful a business is in meeting demand, their meaning is very different.  If not understood and incorporated into the strategic inventory planning process, inventory will be inefficiently allocated resulting in lower customer service and higher carrying costs.  We’ve illustrated the difference in this 4 minute recording using Microsoft Excel.

 

 

 

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