Roadmap to Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization

Supply chain executives worldwide face an ongoing dilemma: improve customer service levels but don’t create excess or obsolete inventory when doing so. It’s a double-edged sword for supply chain performance. Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) packs a financial punch by freeing up working capital while boosting service. This process determines where, how much and what type of inventory to hold at each inventory stocking location to meet desired service levels while complying with financial inventory limitations. MEIO delivers a knowledge platform for better decision-making and responding to supply chain disruptions. Logility, in cooperation with Supply Chain Media, has developed a roadmap to overcoming five obstacles to achieving Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization.

The first stop sign on the road to multi-echelon inventory optimization is ‘Executives Approval’, where it is difficult to get approval and resources for transformational projects. To get the traffic light to turn green, and continue the road, you can:

Assign a strong project leader with authority and business and technical expertise
Build an in-depth business case that lays out the many benefits of MEIO
Gain cross-functional executive approval by aligning projects with corporate objectives
Develop a change management program to gain buy-in from all levels of the organization.

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