2. Credits
• Developed in conjunction with Cranfield University
• Based on a concept by Richard Saw
3. Your CSCO for the Day
Michael Bernon
Associate Professor in Supply Chain Leadership
4. TheNetwork
Weekly Customer Demand of 10 Across the Branches
Slight demand variability.
We only measure service level at the branches.
Factory gets perfect
service from the supplier.
6. GameOne:Cadence & Rules
Plan
(order multiples)
Receive
Customer
Demand
Customer
Shipments
(full orders)
Delivery Receipts
(full orders)
Monday Tuesday - Friday Saturday
The rules
1. 1-week lead time from suppliers, 0 lead time to customers
2. Order in multiples when placing POs
3. Complete orders only when shipping
7. Your Challenge
• Current Inventory: 76
• Average Weekly Demand: 10
• Service Level: 100%
• The CFO says that we needto maintain a 100% service level while reducing inventory to 46
(down 40%).
• Keep that beer flowing!!!
8. Your Plan Phase - Overview
Your Order MultipleYour Service Level to Date
List of Historic Purchases inc. 0
(and whether delivered or not)
9. Your Plan Phase - Decision1
Confirm order of 0
If you do order …. enter the
quantity you want (i.e. 2,4,6)
Inventory Overdue Outbound
Shipments
Overdue Inbound
Supply
Average Weekly
Demand
10. Your Plan Phase - Decision2
4 - 4 + 10 – 4 = 6
You would expect to open next week with 6.
Confirm order of 0!
13. Your Challenge
• Current Inventory: 76
• Average Weekly Demand: 10
• Service Level: 100%
• The CFO says that we needto maintain a 100% service level while reducing inventory to 46
(down 40%).
• Keep that beer flowing!!!
15. WhatHappened?
Symptom Cause Solution
Bullwhip / demand amplification Batching, parallel interactions Become demand driven, focus on
customer demand and flow.
Unexpected late deliveries Only consider demand side variability Supplier make mistakes too! You need
to see it coming. Connected planning.
Did not have the information to make
optimal network decisions
Poor communication and network
visibility
Connected planning
Lots of inventory, poor service Poor inventory decoupling and
placement strategy
…. Next slide …
AL:
Hello, I’m Antony Lovell, VP of Solutions at Vuealta
I lead the apps team at Vuealta (we build pre-packaged supply chain solutions on the Anaplan platform)
I have 20 years supply chain experience as a consultant and practitioner at companies
With a primary focus on planning, supply chain strategy, and network optimization
I will be your host throughout the series of webinars
Today, I am excited that we are joined by a very special guest guest
Mike Bernon
Associate Professor of Supply Chain Leadership at Cranfield University
Mike’s career spans 25 years of supply chain strategy and operations
He is a dedicated educator and renowned presenter and has taught at academic institutions around the world, for which he has received multiple awards.
His key interests are in the areas of sustainability / circular economy, supply chain 4.0, reverse logistics, supply chain strategy and supply chain improvement.
Welcome, Mike, great to have you with us today.
MB:
Thanks, Antony. It’s great to be here.