
ABC-XYZ Inventory Segmentation for Trims and Fabric
One Safety Stock Rule Doesn't Fit a Trims Store A trims store holds thousands of SKUs: zippers, buttons, labels, elastic, drawcords, each with a different value and a different…
Smarter Operations for Apparel
Lot sizing, safety stock, replenishment policy and network design.
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One Safety Stock Rule Doesn't Fit a Trims Store A trims store holds thousands of SKUs: zippers, buttons, labels, elastic, drawcords, each with a different value and a different…

A planner will be able to assign the right replenishment policy continuous or periodic to each trims SKU, size safety stock correctly using real lead time variability, and stop applying EOQ to fabric where it doesn't belong.