by Jon Schreibfeder | Dec 15, 2025 | Best Practices, Consulting, Purchasing, Replenishment Parameters
The Bravado of Artificial IntelligenceBy Jon and Matt Schreibfeder Companies need good software to manage their operations. Organizations can choose from literally hundreds of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Each of these software packages has a unique set...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Oct 15, 2025 | Best Practices, Forecasting, Order Cycles, Purchasing
Determining the “Best” Quantity of a Product to BuyBy Jon and Matt Schreibfeder Over the past several months we have been reviewing the basics of setting replenishment parameters to ensure that you achieve the goal of effective inventory management: meeting or...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Aug 15, 2025 | Best Practices, Forecasting, Purchasing, Replenishment Parameters, Stocking Decisions
Fine Tuning Your Safety Stock Quantities By Jon and Matt Schreibfeder Last month we began a discussion about determining how much safety stock (also known as safety allowance) you need to maintain for each stocked product. If safety stock quantities are too low, they...
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, 2024 | Best Practices, Physical Inventory – Cycle Counting, Purchasing, Stocking Decisions, Warehousing
Inventory Accuracy is Critical to Your SuccessBy Jon and Matt Schreibfeder We are working with a new client whose management is frustrated. The quantities of products on the shelf in their warehouse do not agree with the on-hand quantities in their computer system. As...
by Jon Schreibfeder | Oct 15, 2023 | Best Practices, Forecasting, Purchasing, Warehousing
Planned Excess: How to Manage ItBy Jon and Matt Schreibfeder Last month, we discussed the advantages of utilizing the economic order quantity (EOQ) when determining how much of a product to buy from a vendor. Properly used, the EOQ will minimize your total cost of...
