Overview
How much inventory is ideal? From setting service target levels and lead times to managing demand variability, learn to calculate and plan the best way to handle your inventory. Configure SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory and model your supply network. Then optimize your inventory practices and measure your performance through KPIs, reports, and dashboards. Plan and control your stock levels with this all-in-one guide.
Full Product Details
Author: Lei Wang ,
Atul Bhandari ,
Sanchit Chandna ,
Jeroen Kusters
Publisher: SAP Press
Imprint: SAP Press
ISBN: 9781493217922
ISBN 10: 1493217925
Pages: 450
Publication Date: 28 April 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Lei Wang is the director of product management, supply chain, at SAP and the product owner for the underlying supply chain algorithm library beneath SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory and demand. He has more than a decade of experience in the research and development of enterprise inventory and service optimization solutions. He has also worked with expert users, planners, supply chain analysts, and consultants on various SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory implementations. Lei Wang has a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Minnesota. Sanchit Chandna is a manager for Deloitte Consulting LLP with more than nine years of experience in the design and implementation of SAP supply chain solutions, focusing on demand management, master production scheduling, rough cut capacity planning, inventory planning and optimization, and S&OP. He has deep knowledge of SCOR processes and is an expert in SAP IBP and SAP APO. He has implemented supply chain planning and optimization technology solutions in the chemical, food, life sciences and medical consumer products, auto, high-tech, and semiconductor industries. Currently, he is working with multiple SAP IBP customers as a subject matter expert. Jeroen Kusters is a senior manager for Deloitte Consulting with 10 years of supply chain planning experience. Jeroen started his career implementing SAP APO environment, with a focus on demand planning and service parts planning. Since 2013, his focus has been on SAP Integrated Business Planning; he works closely with SAP to drive new functionality enabling best-practice supply chain planning business processes. Atul Bhandari is the senior director of predictive supply chain analytics at SAP and product owner for SAP Integrated Business Planning for inventory. He has more than a decade of experience in helping companies adopt inventory optimization and demand-sensing capabilities. He has trained expert users, super users, planners, supply chain analysts, and consultants on the fundamentals of inventory planning and hands-on exercises. Atul acts as the SAP liaison for the SAP User Group for Inventory and Service Optimization. He has a PhD in operations research from Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
