The document summarizes an inventory management software solution called Soft4Inventory that integrates with Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It claims Soft4Inventory can increase customer service levels by up to 50% while decreasing average inventory levels by 40% according to customer experiences. Soft4Inventory uses TOC dynamic buffer technology and LEAN pull replenishment approaches to efficiently manage inventory levels. It provides features like right automation level, transparency, fast decision making, unified KPIs, harmonization with LEAN culture, and pull replenishment procedures. Soft4Inventory brings benefits to companies in mass production, distribution, wholesale, retail and other industries.

1. Optimize inventory management in Microsoft Dynamics NAV!

2. Have you ever faced a situation where trying to achieve a high service level
usually leads to overstocking within your company? Would you agree that
an overstocked inventory causes expenses from forced sell-outs, postpones
the release of new assortments, freezes working capital, and leads to losses
related to damage and obsolescence?
Built on, and integrated within Microsoft Dynamics NAV, the
Soft4Inventory software solution allows for an increase of up to 50 % in
the customer service level you want to (or must) achieve, and up to an
average 40% decrease in the inventory level during the first year following
Soft4Inventory implementation, according to our customers’experience.

3. How to manage your stock level efficiently
Soft4Inventory uses well-recognized TOC (“theory of constraints”) dynamic
buffer technology together with the LEAN pull replenishment approach in
order to manage your inventory levels efficiently.
TOC dynamic buffer helps to set and adjust appropriate stock levels for each
item in each location using inventory state levels rather than forecasting.
This simple approach helps to overcome the majority of forecasting issues,
such as unpredictable forecasting errors and insufficient planning data for
new items with no history.It also helps to manage stock levels with greater
efficiency during and after sales campaigns.

4. Using Soft4Inventory you can affect the bottom line because:
zz Service level increases. Increasing the service level usually leads to an
increase in actual sales and profit.As profit increases without additional
costs, this additional profit directly adds to the bottom line.
zz Overstocked inventory decreases and reduces the accumulation of
excess inventory. As a result,working capital,exposition and warehouse
spaces are freed up, and inventory turnover ratio increases.
zz Time required for inventory management operations and decision-
making shortens. As a result, inventory management costs decrease.
Daily operations require minimum time from highly competent staff;
therefore the employees can work on more valuable tasks such as
assortment building, pricing, and customer service.
A company usually achieves all three benefits in different proportions.
Using the benefits achieved, the company significantly improves its overall
ROI (Return on Investment) indicators.

5. Main
Soft4Inventory
features

6. Right
automation
level
Contrary to automatic forecasting, when decisions on inventory levels
are entrusted to algorithms, Soft4Inventory is designed to recognize cases
where the inventory level should be changed with a high degree of accura-
cy, leaving the final decision to the Operator (semi automatic mode). Final
result - very high reliability, with probably the lowest possible time con-
sumption.

7. Transparency
of process
When an efficient decision on inventory management depends on the hu-
man factor,Soft4Inventory visualization tools,such as the SKU chart,inven-
tory state colors, and work flow control, help to identify where the decision
needs to be made, what decision has or has not been made, and why.

8. Extremely fast
decision making
With Soft4Inventory, your people can take decisions at a glance: to buy or
not to buy, switch to the substituting item or not, what to do if the condi-
tions have changed, etc. This allows your company to react faster to market
changes.

9. Unified
KPI
,s
A unified set of KPI’s applies to all management levels from operational to
strategic, focusing managers at each level on the same priorities. This ex-
cludes conflicts due to managers at different levels setting different priori-
ties, and makes the decision-making and execution process more efficient.

10. Harmonization
with LEAN culture
Soft4Inventory is a perfect fit for companies following LEAN ideas, as
they generally use pull replenishment and try as far as possible to have
transparent processes and unified KPIs.

11. Core of the
"Pull replenishment"
procedure
Soft4Inventory has an efficient and easy-to-follow self-control and external
control system, which leads operators through their daily tasks according
to the Pull replenishment procedure. This is a useful feature when needed
for overcoming employee resistance to change.

12. What type of company benefits from Soft4Inventory?
Soft4Inventory brings benefits to mass-production manufacturing,
distribution, wholesale and retail companies:
zz Motor vehicle parts and accessories merchants
zz Construction material merchants
zz Various equipment merchants
zz Household appliance, electric houseware, and consumer electronics
merchants
zz Stationery and office supply merchants
zz Drug merchants
zz Grocery merchants - dairy products,meat and poultry,fish and seafood,
confectionery etc.
zz Beer, wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchants
zz …and more!

13. About Soft4Soft4 counts more than 15 years of business software design and develop-
ment intended for the world’s distribution, leasing and property manage-
ment markets.
Soft4Inventory is distributed all over the world. Your investments are safe
because:
zz There are thousands of Microsoft Dynamics NAV partners around the
globe – you will never be left to face problems alone as any of them can
understand and develop the Soft4Inventory code.
zz SOFT4’s Partner Network is ready to provide local support and further
development of the solution according to your needs.

14. For more information,
please visit www.soft4inventory.com
or contact us by e-mail ask4soft@soft4.eu!
Soft4 is a registered trademark of Microsoft Dynamics partner Softera Baltic.
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