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Retail Supply Chain lesson

WOS trends

One week's WOS is a snapshot. Four weeks show the direction.

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The idea

One week's WOS is a snapshot. Four weeks show the direction:

Key points

Falling WOSSales are outpacing deliveries. Watch for stock-outs.
Rising WOSStock arrives faster than it sells. Excess is building.
Flat WOSSupply matches demand. That's the goal.

Look at the trend before acting: one bad week isn't a pattern.

Practice

Try each one in your head first, then open the answer.

1. Tap the market whose WOS is falling fastest.
Canada went from 5 weeks to 2 in a month.
2. Which visual shows how Canada's weeks of supply changed over the last 4 weeks?
Line chart
3. How much did Canada's WOS change from week 1 to week 4?
2 − 5 = −3 weeks
4. US WOS rose from 6 to 8 weeks while sales held steady. What should you do?
Reduce or delay the next US order

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