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Use Anticipated not Average Lead Times

by Jon Schreibfeder | Jun 15, 2025 | Analysis, Best Practices, Forecasting, Order Cycles, Replenishment Parameters

Use Anticipated not Average Lead TimesBy Jon and Matt Schreibfeder In our newsletter articles this year, we are reviewing the 15 steps for achieving the goal of effective inventory management. That is, “to meet or exceed customers’ expectations of product availability...

Making the Best of the Current Environment – Living with Tariffs

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...

How Well Can You Predict the Future?

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...

Don’t Let Your Inventory Become a “Blob”

by Jon Schreibfeder | Nov 15, 2023 | Analysis, Best Practices, Replenishment Parameters, Stocking Decisions

Don’t Let Your Inventory Become a “Blob” By Jon and Matt Schreibfeder   Many organizations ask for our help because their inventory is out of control. Like the title character inthe 1950’s science fiction movie “The Blob”, material in their warehouse increases at...

Is Your Company Making Money?

by Jon Schreibfeder | Aug 10, 2022 | Analysis, Best Practices, Consulting, General, Replenishment Parameters, Stocking Decisions

Is Your Company Making Money? By Jon and Matt Schreibfeder   Last month we discussed a profitability metric known as the “adjusted margin”.  It is calculated with the formula: [Annual Gross Profit $ – (Average Inventory Investment * Annual Inventory “K...

Item Rank and Profitability

by Jon Schreibfeder | Jul 6, 2022 | Analysis, Best Practices, Forecasting, Purchasing, Replenishment Parameters, Stocking Decisions

Measuring Profitability By Matt and Jon Schreibfeder   Besides customer service (i.e, having those quantities of stocked items available, when customers want them), EIM considers profitability to be the most important metric available to our clients.  If your...
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