Mark Fischer
Mark Fischer was the first to discover the impact of the VRO on reducing safety stocks during the management of a long crisis with a supplier. VRO fan with a long experience in the automotive industry as planner, Marc has developed a new approach to the design of the VRO loop in order to eliminate safety stocks.
The 3 following articles explain Mark's concepts.
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Visual ReOrder sizing is based on gross demand, flows description and manufacturing constraints.
To calculate the VRO Loop requires to have a good understanding of all factors of the global SupplyChain.
The calculation of MIHI helps to design a storage layout consistent with the demand and the VRO process.
Transportation Safety Time (TST) has to be known to insure a good sizing of the VRO loop.
Loops value can be optimized for some specific cases
A simple worksheet to centralize all your Pick-Up Orders, maintain their loops and calculate Maximum In-House Inventory based on MPS data.
You order the same part number to 2 suppliers and you have to respect procurement quotas for each of them.
