The 25 self-assessment questions that follow will help you assess your situation. One way to use these questions is to have your entire management team answer each question, meet and discuss each question that received one or more No answers, and outline your corrective action needs. As you proceed through the diagnostic questions, make appropriate notes about particular areas of concern. The notes could be very helpful during subsequent discussions and corrective action planning. Foundation disciplines 1.
Every product has a well defined manufacturing and inventory deployment strategy.
We have clearly defined organizational accountability for the performance of each inventory segment. Our inventory record information is real time and 99 percent-plus accurate. We create little to no inventory obsolescence as a result of engineering changes. Our forecasting process has the demand variability integrated with a service-oriented inventory deployment strategy. We have a comprehensive and effective sales and operations planning process that is management s handle on sales, production, leadtime and inventory plans.