Supply chain performance is never influenced by just one factor. Many factors affect performance integrally. Creating operational excellence in one factor without looking at the other factors can affect overall performance in a negative way.
This whitepaper will give you an overview of the following factors; Warehouse location, inventory and transportation and how these factors interact. The previously published white paper Integrated Business Planning describes inventory management as the problem of where to find inventory and how much inventory to keep. This article will focus on the latter. At the end of this whitepaper, we will provide some takeaways on how to develop a fluid interaction between the three factors: inventory, warehouse location and transportation. You can download the whitepaper below. For an overview of all six factors, read the previously published whitepaper Supply Chain Decision-Making Framework.
