SLO - Stock & Service Level Optimizer
Reduction of costs by scheduling optimization
Ensuring high ability to supply
Personal Dispo-Cockpit – Everything at a glance
Great dream – do you think so? Reality – that’s what we say! The Dispo-Cockpit shows you any information in ONE mask. Create the materials requirement planning (MRP)/or monitoring lists of your choice by simply using the SQL manager, e. g.:
- Daily procurement proposal
- Rush order/backlog
- Deferral in orders/cancellation
- Missing parts/list of sales in delay
- List of new launches/discontinued items
- Sets/end products/promotional items
Safety by gradual introduction of the auto-scheduling
LogControl®-SLO offers a variety of helpful functions and relieves your warehouse controllers on a long-term basis by feeding more and more items into the automatic planning system. Due to any fine adjustment, the materials planning matrix allows a reliable and successive activation without the risk of having overstocks or interrupted service level.
Scheduling everything automatically – what else?
Additional to ABC-XYZ matrix, LogControl®-SLO considers other relevant factors for scheduling e. g. count of sales. The advantage is less time effort for your scheduler caused by higher rate of automation.
Monitoring of the product life cycles and replenishment lead time
In addition, LogControl®-SLO monitors the movement of the items within the ABC/XYZ matrix as well as regarding the phase jumps (introduction, growth, maturity, discontinuation phase) and assigns the items automatically to the appropriate MRP process. Of course, LogControl®-SLO classifies different replenishment lead times (e. g., regional purchase or in the Far East) and adjusts the MRP processes and parameters accordingly.
Safety time for compensating sales fluctuations
LogControl offers several methods of calculation for the safety stock:
- Automatically adapting safety stock based on the safety time
- “Safety stock as permanent stock” to the reserve
- Safety stock with a level of “deviation of usage value from forecast value”
Easy, efficient and user-friendly – reduction of costs by optimizing the stocks
Always ordering the right quantity
The materials planning system does not have the capacities to continuously adjust the order quantities to the (seasonal) fluctuations. Therefore, the range planning defines the order quantities with respect to the service level and optimizes warehousing and ordering costs.
Knowing today what is needed tomorrow
Different forecast methods predict the future demands and suggest appropriate procurement batches. In doing so LogControl®-SLO automatically suggests the adequate forecast method and generates future withdrawals.
Distinguishing between what is important and what is unimportant with portfolios
The free combination of key figures divides the confusing number of items and ranges into really clear segments. Critical ranges and single lines with the biggest risk and cost savings potential are immediately evident. Selective measures for inventory and scheduling optimization are possible now. Potentials for reducing stock levels by combining e. g.,
- “(safety stock) range and access interval” or “dead stock with ABC”
- Determination of optimal procurement strategies, e. g., by combining ABC, XYZ, ordering interval, replenishment lead time or withdrawal figures
- Portfolios on supplier, customer, range or key figure level
- Correct streamlining of the range of goods, since respective sales can be shown
Create an objective basis for discussion – with key figures
The key figures are determined per reference level and item. Problem areas and critical items are found quickly. The discussion benefits from a factual basis. Some values at a glance:
- Inward/outward/stock movement
- Range and turnover
- Dead stock and service level
- Any values from MIS (merchandise information system)/ERP (enterprise resource planning).
Trust is good - periodic controlling is irreplaceable
Based on macros, the nominal/actual stock report is determined by mouse click. Compare contribution margins with the ABC analysis or the portfolio manager easily and quickly. HTML/XML and Excel export allows further evaluations.
Areas of application
LogControl®-SLO offers different combinable areas of application
- Strategic stock and materials planning controlling
- Fully automatic or manual planning of optimized procurement proposals
- Quantity check and rolling adaptation of any MIS/ERP materials planning values
- Management information system based on reporting macros.
Fast and secure implementation – open interface
All modules can be combined and parameterized individually. Our experience and the gradual introduction ensure error-free implementing. Unidirectional or bidirectional data transfer is carried out simply and quickly by individual configuration of the integration module.
