| CAUSE |
POTENTIAL EFFECT |
OUR SOLUTIONS THAT MAY HELP |
| Inaccurate demand forecasts |
High Inventories, stock-outs, unsatisfactory customer service, regular expediting, high costs |
Forecast Pro |
| Unstable and / or unreliable production schedules, poor on time production schedule performance, poor visibility of production schedules |
High Inventories, stock-outs, unsatisfactory customer service, regular expediting, low productivity, frequent changes to production schedules, frequent change-overs, high manufacturing costs |
Preactor Advanced Planning and Scheduling System |
| Lack of or unreliable material planning system |
High Inventories, stock-outs, unsatisfactory customer service, regular expediting, low productivity |
Supply Chain Planning (SCP) 4.0 |
| Large Purchasing Lot size, Long Purchasing Lead Times, unreliable suppliers |
High Inventories of materials |
Supply Chain Planning for implementing Vendor Scheduling but management issues need to be addressed as well |
| Poor Data Integrity (Inventory Records, Bills of Materials and more) |
High Inventories, stock-outs, unsatisfactory customer service, regular expediting, low productivity, quality issues, frequent change-overs, high manufacturing costs |
Mainly a management issue; no software solution |
| Lack of or poor teamwork, lack of or poor internal communication and Lack of accountability |
All the above and perhaps more |
Mainly management issues; no software solution but formal systems such as our solutions may help improve teamwork and communications and establish accountability |
| Poor Quality |
All the above and perhaps more |
Mainly a management issue |
