Because it's ridiculous that the supply planner take all the 🔥 heat...
This infographic shows what supply planners can and cannot control:
👉 Inventory Levels
✅ Can Control: managing inventory cover to ensure product availability
❌ Cannot Control: inventory disruptions due to plant or supplier issues
👉 Production Scheduling
✅ Can Control: controlling schedule per Material Production Schedule (MPS)
❌ Cannot Control: equipment breakdowns, quality issues or production delays
👉 Safety Stock Strategies
✅ Can Control: setting safety stock based on historical demand & supply variability
❌ Cannot Control: demand spikes that exceed safety stock levels
👉 Supplier Collaboration
✅ Can Control: choosing reliable suppliers and sharing forecasts with them
❌ Cannot Control: unplanned disruptions at suppliers' end
👉 Lead Time Planning
✅ Can Control: planning for known lead times to meet demand on time
❌ Cannot Control: unexpected delays in network that impact lead times
👉 Production Sequencing
✅ Can Control: optimizing production orders based on priorities, efficiency, and inventory optimization
❌ Cannot Control: last-minute changes to product mix, urgent orders, raw material availability, machine breakdowns
👉 Capacity Planning
✅ Can Control: balancing capacities to meet demand requirements and utilization targets
❌ Cannot Control: machine breakdowns, raw material constraints, or higher absenteeism impacting capacities
👉 Product Launch
✅ Can Control: working with sales, marketing, R&D, demand planning, production, and suppliers
❌ Cannot Control: changes to the launch plan, changes in quantities, or quality qualification
👉 Transportation Planning
✅ Can Control: planning transportation for deliveries, meeting cost targets
❌ Cannot Control: disruptions in transportation networks (weather, strikes)
👉 Returns
✅ Can Control: handling returns efficiently to minimize costs & provide great customer service
❌ Cannot Control: high volume of returns due to quality issues or recalls and on-time processing of credit notes/refunds
Any others to add?
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