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We hope these questions will help you identify and consider the key
priorities for your inventory.
It may be that you cannot complete all the questions and may needs
help form other colleagues within you business.
1 = very stable 1 2 3 4 5
5 = very unstable
Make to stock
Contract manufacturer
Assemble to order
Assemble to Stock
Contract assembly
1 = very flexible 1 2 3 4 5
5 = very inflexible
How flexible are your suppliers
Capacity
Schedule management
EU
What proportion of deliveries are regular %age of deliveries
Eastern EU
Scheduled time slots
Latin America
Daily
USA
Weekly
Which parameters in MRP do you use Regularly Rarely Not Used Don’t Know
Batch
FOQ / Min Order Quantity
EOQ (Calculated)
Multiple / Pallet
Order Period
Safety
Safety Quantity
Safety Time
Lead-time
Manufacturing
Purchasing
Administration
Do you use Runner / Repeater Classification Regularly Rarely Not Used Don’t Know
Business Process Capabilities Tick as appropriate
Are you ISO 900 (or other standard) compliant Yes No Don’t Know
Do you measure the performance of your business processes
If Yes list 4 key KPI’s Current Performance
1
2
3
4
Do your staff have objectives linked to the business KPI’s Yes No Don’t know
Do you have current initiatives that are improving your
Manufacturing Processes (Lean / Agile) Yes No Don’t Know
How much can you increase your capacity 10% 25% 50% 100% No Constraint
with out investment in …
Order processing (Customer / Supplier)
Assembly
Manufacturing (Machine Shop)
Good Inwards
Stores / Despatch
Personal / Business Profile
Personal Details
Title
First Name
Surname
Job Title
Your e-mail
Your Mobile Number
Post town
Postcode
Website
Business description
All data will be treated as commercial in confidence and will only be used in direct discussions
between your company and Inventory Matters Ltd
What we can do with the
information you have supplied
3
• To plan inventory we need to:
– Understand the current inventory
Optimum – Understand the current capability
Range – Determine the optimum range