Use the following quick scan to find out what's going on in the warehouse and eliminate the losses you'll discover!

Customer demand

• How many SKU?
• How many SKU make 80% volume?
• Re-Ordering frequency?
• What is customers demand of delivery time?
• What is quantity demand?

Out of Stock

• How many Out of Stocks?
• At which SKU?
• Is this Random – clustered – Seasonal?
• What is out of stock Value (material)
• What are its direct costs (administration, extra transport)
• What are its indirect costs (lost sales, extra cost of emergency and crash scenario’s, destruction/landfill)

Manufacturing capability

• Design capacity equipment?
• Current capacity?
• Changover-time?
• How many FTE on equipment?
• How many FTE on planning?
• How many FTE on handling?

Raw materials

• How many different raw-material?
• How many make 80% of used volume?
• Delivery time?
• Are there large fluctuations in demand i.e. due to seasons?
• How many suppliers?
• How many deliver 80% of volume?
• How many shipments are received per supplier per day/week?
• How long from receiving until stored and booked?
• Is there a return flow from the factory to supplier of store?
• What is raw material stock value in Money and Time?

Special conditions

• How many articles require special handling/storage conditions (temperature controlled, etc)

Supplying from store

• Who orders raw material from store?
• How is this done?
• How many deliveries from store to shopfloor a day?
• To how many locations?
• How long does it take from ordering to supplying to shopfloor?

Handling administration

• How are store data treated?
• What is the signal to reorder?
• How is being ordered? By whom?
• How long does the processing of óne order take? (In- and out?)
• How long between ordering and payment of invoice?