Why a More Accurate Forecast Alone Cannot Solve Your Inventory Optimization Needs 

Join us to learn what distributors and assembly manufacturers are doing to free up cash in a tough economy.

Distributors’ most costly asset is inventory.  Reducing inventory carrying costs and increasing margins can have a bigger impact on the bottom line than increasing sales.  Learn how to improve both and significantly increase profitability.

In this session, we will explore how the forecast is the first step in addressing inventory optimization.

However, the replenishment process, taking into account - "time phase expected inventory"; long lead time; orders already in process; freight you own on the water; multiple warehouse restocking and customer services levels - drives the real inventory management improvements.

Webcast: 

Why a More Accurate Forecast Alone Cannot Solve Your Inventory Optimization Needs

         

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• How “time phased expected inventory” can be used to drive  constantly up-to-date production plan for scheduling component purchases. 
• How “time phased expected inventory” can be used with the Finished Goods Forecast to determine the quantity and timeframe in which products should be produced.

This webcast will be presented by Dale Lanham, CEO of Lanham Associates.  Lanham Associates got its start with Navision in 1997 by creating the company’s first distribution functionality, Advanced Distribution.  A Gold-Certified Dynamics ISV, Lanham has been creating complementary Supply Chain Planning & Execution products inside Microsoft® Dynamics™ NAV ever since.  Quality is a top priority which means developing to strict standards.  All Lanham products are built inside NAV, with no integration to worry about, and new versions are released as Microsoft brings new NAV versions to market.

Lanham products include:  Advanced Forecasting & Procurement;  ADCS Warehousing;  E-Ship;  EDI;  E-Receive; Retail Supplier Link;  Automotive Supplier Link;  Outbound Warehouse Requests;  History & Security Management.

With over 1,200 client companies using Lanham products worldwide, the company has been recognized with multiple Microsoft Awards.   To learn more about solutions developed by Lanham Associates, visit www.lanhamassoc.com.