Re: Number of times out of stock

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In a message dated 10/25/2002 8:44:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
HunterT@mohawkpaper.com writes:

> We have been on BPCS 6.0.04 since 1/1/01 and our Production Planners still
> have some screens from a homegrown legacy system.  To create inventory
> balances they review sales history and they look at the number of times we
> were out of stock.  I am looking to move them out of the legacy system and I
> need help with the number of times we were out of stock.
> Has anyone ever
> tried to get this type of information from BPCS before?
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  I think you need to move them out of the legacy system
  AND
  out of the legacy mind-set.
  The number of times an item went out of stock
  IN THE PAST
  is a poor indicator of how many should we have on hand.
  It may be a "report card" of how bad we did
  both in predicting demand &/or in meeting expected demand.
  But the key to planning is planning AHEAD.......

  but maybe I'm missing something........


Peace,
Jim Barry