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Retail Supply Chain lessons
Replenishment and supply chain KPIs: weeks of supply, reorder points, safety stock, fill rate, lead times, DC deployment and launches.
Weeks of supply
- Weeks of supply across marketsHow long each market's stock will last
- WOS trendsGetting better or worse?
- Days to out of stockTurn weeks into a date
Replenishment
- Lead time and back-in-stock datesWill new stock arrive in time?
- Reorder pointWhen to order, as a rule
- Safety stockExtra cover for the unexpected
Service and excess
- Fill rate and service levelDid customers get what they ordered?
- Excess and aged inventoryWhere stock is piling up
Distribution and launches
- DC to store deploymentFrom the distribution centre to the shelf
- Sizing a new product launchPlan from a similar past product
- After the launchActual sales against plan
Put it together