2. ABC Classification / Analysis of
Inventory
Pareto Analysis
(also know as the 80/20 rule)
by doing 20% of the work you can generate
80% of the benefit of doing the whole job.
3. 80% of customer complaints arise from 20% of your
products or services.
80% of delays in schedule arise from 20% of the
possible causes of the delays.
20% of your products or services account for 80% of
your profit.
20% of your sales-force produces 80% of your
company revenues.
20% of a systems defects cause 80% of its problems.
4. ABC
A - outstandingly important;
B - of average importance;
C - relatively unimportant as a basis for a
control scheme.
5. ABC
10-20% of the items ('A' class) account for 70-
80% of the consumption
the next 15-25% ('B' class) account for 10-
20% of the consumption and
the balance 65-75% ('C' class) account for 5-
10% of the consumption
6. ABC
A items may be counted 3 times per year,
B items 1 to 2 times, and
C items only once, or not at all.
7. 1st step – Identify the objective
and the analysis criterion
we are responsible for buying security
material for a plant.
We would like to know which equipment
segment should be considered for
renegotiation efforts and resources, so that
the maximum savings are generated.
8. 2nd step – Collect data about
the analyzed population
9. 3rd step – Sort out the list by
decreasing impact