Analysis and practical guidance on planning, inventory, logistics, procurement, technology and how supply chain teams actually improve performance.
Excess inventory is an outcome, not a decision. Decompose it into forecast bias, buffer settings, order quantity constraints, lead time and dead stock - then fix the causes in an order that protects service.
SupplyChain.management · Sep 16, 2026
A decline in forecast accuracy is usually a data, process or behaviour problem rather than a modelling one. Work through measurement, bias, history, overrides and business events before changing models.
SupplyChain.management · Sep 12, 2026
Supplier scorecards fail when they measure everything. Keep the metric set small, segment suppliers by spend and risk, agree definitions up front, and run the review around actions rather than scores.
SupplyChain.management · Sep 7, 2026