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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

Our inventory levels on this side of the business tend to be quite high, with a rotation going to 1 year. I guess in the CPE side of the business, we proved that we could bring down inventory levels and generate value. We limited the amount of cash we needed for inventory by bringing it down by 35%. “This is step 1.

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Optimizing Liberty Global’s Supply Chain: An Interview with Willem Vesters

AIMMS

Our inventory levels on this side of the business tend to be quite high, with a rotation going to 1 year. I guess in the CPE side of the business, we proved that we could bring down inventory levels and generate value. We limited the amount of cash we needed for inventory by bringing it down by 35%. This is step 1.

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o9 Solutions and Supply Chain Insights With LKQ Europe Reveal Significant Supply Chain Planning Improvements Following the First-Ever Pilot to Test Outside-In Planning

o9 Solutions

The study also tested how bi-directional orchestration versus the more traditional approach of multi-tier inventory optimization could improve LKQ Europe’s inventory buy plan. . The organization supplies more than 100,000 independent workshops in over 20 European countries. . billion in revenue in 2021.

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As Europe Rebounds Supply Chain Continues to Shine

MIT Supply Chain

An example of the network’s strength is a recent workshop on risk management in Basel, Switzerland, that was organized by 15 graduates of ZLC’s master degree program. This cluster of graduates works in the pharmaceutical industry (for more information see the news story ZLC Alumni Organize Industry Workshop ).

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