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Forecasting and replenishment fire prevention slideshare
We get bogged down in this week’s problems so much so that we forget to prevent next month’s or next season’s fires. Your time should be spent on seasonal planning, demand forecasting, vendor collaboration, and other proactive activities. When do you take off your fireman’s hat and let the small fire burn for the greater good?
We get bogged down in this week’s problems so much so that we forget to prevent next month’s or next season’s fires. Your time should be spent on seasonal planning, demand forecasting, vendor collaboration, and other proactive activities. When do you take off your fireman’s hat and let the small fire burn for the greater good?
Forecasting and replenishment fire prevention slideshare
1.
Why Some
Demand
Plans “Burst”
Into Flames
in Your
Location
Channels
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2.
Sometimes in retail, we feel
like all we are doing is putting
out fires.
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3.
We get bogged down in this week’s
problems so much so that we forget
to prevent next month’s or next
season’s fires.
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4.
You need time to
think and plan.
To be proactive,
not reactive.
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5.
When do you take off
your fireman’s
hat?
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6.
You may be familiar
with the
Eisenhower
Decision Matrix.
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7.
Important &
Not Urgent
Important &
Urgent
Not
Important &
Not Urgent
Not
Important &
Urgent
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8.
What is Urgent is
rarely Important,
and what is
Important is rarely
Urgent.
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9.
In other words:
FIRE PREVENTION
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10.
So how do you
prevent fires in
your retail
business?
4WAYS
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11.
Demand Forecasting
Not Sales Forecasting
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12.
Don’t just be satisfied with
an increase on last year’s
sales. Remember:
Lost
Sales
Promo
Sales
Calendar
Changes
CLICK
here to
read
more!
Market
Trends
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13.
Measure Forecast Accuracy
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14.
A bad forecast is like an ember waiting for a
good breeze or a match waiting for someone to
strike it.
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15.
It will have negative effects
on your orders, your in-
stocks, your open to buy, and
more, growing into a greedy
blaze before you know it.
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16.
Don’t Take Chances with Lead Times
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17.
Even the best laid plans
often go awry. Help
yourself, and your vendors,
to some fire prevention
with lead time forecasting.
Money-saving
Lead Time
Forecasting
tips
Ka-Ching!!
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18.
Exception Management
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19.
Use tools to help you
filter thru the piles of
information and define
what is important to you.
DELEGATE TO A COMPUTER!
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20.
What’s
important to
you?
Let us help
you find it!
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21.
Our iKIS™ demand
forecasting and supply
chain solution has robust
exception management
and collaboration tools to
help you and your team
ditch the firefighter
equipment for good.
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22.
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