Accenture Writes a Horrible Paper on Service Management

Accenture Writes a Horrible Paper on Service Management

sapplanningadmin | Basic Supply Chain Concepts
Who is writing Accenture's white papers? Articles can be motivated by inspiration, or frustration. Neither motivation is more or less valid than the other. This post is definitely motivated by the later. We thought we might learn something by reading a white paper on
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The Reality of Automotive Service Parts

The Reality of Automotive Service Parts

sapplanningadmin | Basic Supply Chain Concepts, SAP
New Information In a previous post we wrote about the inefficiency of automotive service parts networks. http://spplan.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/auto-service-part-networks-are-a-mess/ The line of reasoning of the article was that manufacturers were unnecessarily out
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Target Stocking Level

Target Stocking Level

sapplanningadmin | Basic Supply Chain Concepts, MCA, SAP
What is a Target Stocking Level?The first time we heard of Target Stocking Level was on an MCA project. This is the actual output of the Strategy module of MCA SPO. We have listed a short definition from MCA's SPO Glossary. "TSL is the quantity available to meet demand
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Auto Service Parts Websites a Problem

Auto Service Parts Websites a Problem

sapplanningadmin | Basic Supply Chain Concepts, SAP, Service Parts Database
Caught in a Time Warp It is always amazing to come upon a technology that is so amazingly underutilized. This would be the case for service parts online databases. The Story We needed a door handle assembly part for a 1997 Honda Accord. First we started with eBay, which
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