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Tom Rafferty, Director, Supply
Chain STO
Copywrite Supply Chain STO, 2002
Analyses
Ranking
Matrix
Ratios
Management
Copywrite Supply Chain STO, 2002
CoVM Analyses
Its a ratio
Find the mean
Find the standard deviation
Divide the Standard Deviation by
the Mean
CoVM Ranking
CoV a
<= 25%
CoV b
CoV c
CoV d
CoV e
>100%
CoVM Matrix
Aa
Ab
Ac
Ad
Ae
Ba
Bb
Bc
Bd
Be
Ca
Cb
Cc
Cd
Ce
Da
Db
Dc
Dd
De
E
Copywrite Supply Chain STO, 2002
Irregular
Lumpy
DEAD
Copywrite Supply Chain STO, 2002
15% Sales
5% SKU's
5% SKU's
5% Sales
10% SKU's
10% Sales
72% SKU's
0% Sales
3% SKU's
CoVM Management
Manage
Vigorously
Urgent
Attention
Track
Vendor Managed
Inventory
Consignment Stock
Housekeeping
Copywrite Supply Chain STO, 2002
Case 1
Some Details
90%
80%
Rank
A
B
C
D
E
70%
60%
50%
40%
% Sales
80%
10%
5%
5%
0%
% SKU's
14%
25%
37%
97%
100%
30%
20%
10%
0%
A
Watch
Probably the
Tracking Signal
Da
Copywrite Supply Chain STO, 2002
Manage Vigorously
Ab
Ac
Bb
Bc
Demand is variable
Need to
understand the
drivers of
variability at an
item level
Represent up to
65% sales from 5%
SKUs
Fix Urgently
Ad
Ae
Vendor Managed/Held
Stock
Bd
Cb
Cc
Cd
Irregular demand,
seasonality and
random shocks
10% SKUs at 5%
Sales
Could the suppliers
do a better job
managing the
inventory?
Lumpies
Be
Ce
Db
Dc
Dd
De
Remove/Review
E
Approx 3% of SKUs that have not moved in 12
months.
These look remarkably dead
Write them off, get rid of them and get them
off the catalogue!
Copywrite Supply Chain STO, 2002
Results
Case 1
Family business Annual revenue $40m
Reduction of capital tied up in inventory by $1.4m
Reduction in annual carrying costs of $650k
Case 2
Average Inventory $4m
Reduction of capital tied up in inventory by $2m or 50%
Reduction in annual carrying costs of $900k per annum
Case 3
Government Dept - $40m revenue
Potential to reduce capital invested by $3m
Reduction in carrying costs of $1m per annum