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FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW - IBS ENTERPRISE

Inventory brochure - 55482 IBS Inventory Control

Optimize external and internal replenishment routines and take full control of your total inventory situation. IBS I

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software lets you profit from an extensive range of options and features that match your operational needs and processes.

• Automated tool for optimizing inventory management• Increases inventory turnover • Improves fill rates and service levels• Excellent simulation facilities. However simple or sophisticated the methods you use, IBS I
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ONTROL makes the replen-ishment process straightforward and easy to manage, working with other IBS E
NTERPRISE applications to make certain that all elements of your operations are well planned. Adaptable for any requirements IBS I
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ONTROL suits any type of company and operation, from day-to-day replenishment to advanced analysis of service performance and slow-moving products. Demand forecasting
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ONTROL optimize both external and internal replenishments. Several sugges- tion methods help you decide when to buy, produce or ship goods between warehouses, optimizing the total inventory situation. Improve performance IBS I IBS I Supply chain management
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ONTROL helps you make reliable decisions on which products, when and how much to replenish.Making the correct decisions about stock replenishment quickly improves efficiency and profitability. Product values are periodically updated through various methods and rules, and include:• Forecast of future demand• Economic order quantity • Re-order points• Safety stock level. The basis for inventory and supply chain management is the physical distribution net- work. IBS I
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ONTROL gives you several de-mand forecasting options. Inventory segmentation Demand history – Automatic analysis and suggested best method. Also pinpoints slow- moving products. Adapt different rules for calculating forecasts, EOQ, re-ordering points and safety stock for different user-defined item segmentation. This lets you start simply, with the same rule for all items. Later, you can simulate and adapt more advanced calculation rules for different item sgements, allowing for continuous perform- ance improvement over time. Copy demand – Copy demand history of old items to the new replacement items. Customer forecast – Combine demand history with your customer’s own forecast (Efficient Consumer Response, ECR) as a basis for future demand forecasting. Production demand – Use demand from production as a base for forecasting. Also lets you control dependent demand. Monitoring forecast deviation – Automatic monitoring and adjustment if necessary.Several different forecast methods can be applied separately to item segments, to suit differing demand patterns. The system also keeps track of demand figures per customer, and calculates demand data on item, ware-
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ONTROL defines a unique multilevel distribution network per product, defining where you store the product: with external suppliers or own production for internal supply. The network or warehouse structure defines transportion method and time between the different warehouses.Replenishment suggestions created in IBS I