COMPU SERVICES

Case Study(Inventory management and

Forecasting)
By-
Vishesh Jain
Yogesh Assudani
Zalak Shah
Shalin Gosalia
Indrani Sinha
Neha Jain
Jania Kesarwani
Vinod

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 COMPANY OVERVIEW

Offers hardware and software support for network

servers and workstations working on both UNIX and
Windows platforms
Customers – Global giants and conglomerates with
massive information processing infrastructures
Competitors – HP and Sun

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 COMPU COMPETITORS
Offers flexible service plans Customized services
High service levels only
A single point of service for Low operational cost
equipment manufactured
by different vendors
Competitive pricing
Rising cost of operation
Inventory obsolescence loss
High transportation costs

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 INVENTORY NETWORK

Part
Bank

Part Central Part

Bank Depot Bank

Part
Bank

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 PROCESS OF EVALUATION AND SIGNING
CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS

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 ISSUES

 Inaccurate forecasting
 Safety stock recommended by manufacturer
 Low service level
 High scrap rate - 4% of the services part inventory per month
 High transportation cost
 15% of total value of inventory
 In case of stock outs of frequently used parts- high expediting costs
 Significant lateral transhipments among part-banks to meet
backorders and correct stock allocation

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 THANK YOU

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