Disappointing ROI on Your Field Service? Here’s Why
“Digitalization,” “servitization,” “route optimization”: You’ve heard the list of “ations” that’ll future-proof your business.
Green Earth Day
“It ain’t easy bein’ green.” Kermit the Frog said (or sang, rather) it first, and it’s become a trite expression.
Sustainability Through and Through
Happy Earth Day! Sustainability is a big deal here at Baxter Planning, both for us as a company and to our employees as individuals. We can all make a difference, every single day.
Keep Your Database Clean: The Importance of Data Hygiene
Data cleanup isn’t a new idea, but with all the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for clean data has really become more important than ever.
Breaking Down Prioritized Restocking
Remember the old days when we experienced supply shortages? When inventory balances were sometimes inaccurate, and suppliers shipped short or missed due dates?
Service Supply Chain 101
Behind every fast repair is a smart, responsive Service Supply Chain. Our experts often teach this at universities — now we’re bringing “Service Supply Chain 101” to the blog. Whether you’re a student or just curious, here’s your quick intro to the supply chain that keeps the world running.
Prophet Planning Analytics
Historically, Prophet’s legacy reporting did a great job providing users with large exports of detailed data. Users had access to all of the details they needed to create their own pivot tables, charts and graphs to analyze data outside of Prophet.
Total Cost Optimization Part 3: Balancing All Operational Costs for a Cost Optimized Stocking Plan
In this final part of our exploration of total cost optimization, we bring these operational and inventory costs together to show that service level is better viewed as an output of an optimization rather than as a goal, as the right service level minimizes the combination of these costs.
Total Cost Optimization – Part 2: Inventory and Instability Costs
As we continue our exploration of cost optimization, we consider two additional costs that must be balanced in the optimization process: inventory costs and instability costs.
Total Cost Optimization – Part1
This is part one of a three-part discussion on Total Cost Optimization, Baxter Planning’s unique, proprietary optimization approach to service parts planning.
