by Jon Schreibfeder | May 15, 2025 | Analysis, Best Practices, Forecasting, Stocking Decisions
Making the Best of the Current Environment – Living with TariffsBy Jon and Matt Schreibfeder Without getting into any kind of political discussion on whether they are good or not, tariffs are here and going to affect everyone, at least for now. There is nothing...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Apr 15, 2025 | Analysis, Best Practices, Forecasting, Replenishment Parameters, Stocking Decisions, Uncategorized
How Well Can You Predict the Future?By Jon and Matt Schreibfeder The two basic questions faced by every purchasing agent and buyer are: 1)When do you replenish your inventory of a stocked item?2)When you issue a replenishment order how much do you buy? Both of these...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Mar 15, 2025 | Best Practices, Forecasting, Purchasing
Future Demand of Some Products Cannot be Accurately ForecastBy Jon Schreibfeder During the last several months, we have been exploring the 15 steps to achieving effective inventory management. This month we are going to identify and deal with stocked items whose...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Feb 15, 2025 | Best Practices, Forecasting, Replenishment Parameters, Stocking Decisions
Determining Whether to Buy or Transfer a Product By Jon and Matt Schreibfeder This month we continue our series on the 15 steps to achieving the goal of effective inventory management. That is “to meet or exceed your customers’ expectations of product availability...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Jan 15, 2025 | Best Practices, Forecasting, Order Cycles, Replenishment Parameters, Stocking Decisions, Warehousing
Developing and Maintaining Your Approved Stock ListBy Jon and Matt Schreibfeder The goal of effective inventory management is to “meet or exceed customers’ expectations of product availability while maximizing your organization’s net profit or minimizing your total...
