Level vs Chase: Two Production Strategies Costed Side by Side
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In this lesson
You set a level production rate that ends June on the target stock, project the stock it builds up, cost the level plan and compare it with a chase plan that follows demand month by month.
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- Product Families: Rolling SKUs Up for the Planning Horizon Locked
- Consensus Demand: Statistical Forecast, Adjustments & the Change Log Locked
- Capacity Check: Hours per Unit, Utilisation & Gaps by Month Locked
- Closing the Gap: Overtime, Extra Shifts or Building Ahead Locked
- Projected Inventory: Closing Stock, Days of Cover & the Target Band Locked
- Level vs Chase: Two Production Strategies Costed Side by Side Locked
- Scenarios: Upside and Downside Demand Against Capacity Locked
- The Financial View & the Monthly S&OP Pack Locked