Planning & Inventory Management

Balancing customer satisfaction with working capital needs is vital to growing your business and protecting your margins. We help you solve the forecasting and planning challenges that impact your customers and cause unwanted fluctuations in your inventory and operations.

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Planning & Inventory Management capabilities

Inventory Intelligence. Planning Precision.

Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (S&OP)

Waypost helps your organization realize more accurate planning and improved operational efficiency by implementing best practices, data-driven methodologies, and improved communication channels.

Inventory Strategy

Talk to Waypost when you need to optimize inventory levels, improve working capital, improve customer satisfaction, and minimize carrying costs.

Demand & Supply Planning

Waypost helps you optimize forecast accuracy, align production capacity, and ensure product availability by leveraging data analysis, technology solutions, and collaboration across functions.

Capacity Planning

Waypost helps you realize optimal capacity utilization, reduced bottlenecks, and more efficient operations.

Inventory Metrics & Management

By using data-driven insights and best practices, Waypost can help maintain balanced inventories, control costs, and improve overall supply chain efficiencies

Network Optimization

Waypost helps companies design and streamline their supply chain and distribution networks to maximize efficiencies and minimize costs. We look to balance service levels, lead times, and operational expenses.

praise for our Planning & Inventory Management impact

“45-50% reduction in cost!”

 “Our discussions with Waypost prompted our thinking in the right direction, which subsequently led to a 45-50% reduction in cost for the final design assumption vs the proposed design”

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Frequently asked questions

What is SIOP, and how does Waypost support it?

Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) is the process of aligning production and inventory to customer demand. We implement best practices, data-driven methods, and better communication channels to make your planning more accurate.

Can Waypost help reduce inventory costs without hurting service levels?

Yes. We help optimize inventory levels, improve working capital, and minimize carrying costs while maintaining the customer satisfaction your business depends on.

What planning problems does Waypost solve?

We address demand and supply planning, capacity planning, and inventory metrics, using data analysis and cross-functional collaboration to improve forecast accuracy and reduce bottlenecks.

Does Waypost help with distribution network design?

Yes. We help design and streamline supply chain and distribution networks to balance service levels, lead times, and operational expenses.

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Kelly Kress

Chief of staff

Adept in project management and PMO leadership, Kelly helps Waypost clients drive their projects to satisfactory completion with a keen eye to the timeline and budget. Kelly is an organization and data analysis geek with twenty years of experience in project management and account management. In her spare time, she loves to bake, read Young Adult literature, and taxi her kids around town. If your project could use a little extra support, Kelly, and Waypost’s team of advisors, will point you in the right direction.

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Barry Larson

Commercial Operations & Marketing Manager

Barry brings more than 15 years of marketing experience to Waypost, along with a natural curiosity about what’s changing and what’s coming next. He enjoys finding practical ways to use new tools and ideas to keep Waypost’s message clear, relevant, and engaging. Outside the office, Barry and his wife spend time on the water, touring local breweries, and looking after their crew of three dogs and three cats.