Case study for Candidate (For Candidate)

You have been tasked to manage the inventory planning and execution for 3

inventory holding locations-IHLs in KR, HK and NZ for our e-commerce channels in these markets.

All IHLs are sourcing from the Regional DC in Shanghai.

You work very closely with the business via their Demand manager and Order manager.

The Demand manager provides the forecast every month for each market.

The Order manager manages the online order based on inventory level in the IHLs.

You have been tasked to provide a recommendation on what are the key considerations in managing inventory planning & execution in such a setup?

Some guidelines:

1. What would you assume for such a setup and to service such channels?

2. How would you work with the stakeholders on daily basis?

3. What are the key deliverables and KPIs you would recommend based on your experience is supply & inventory planning for such a role?

Case study purpose (Checklist to review presentation material) The case is to identify the candidate's ability in the following areas that are crucial to this role

Basic Supply Chain Knowledge: Evaluating candidate on his ability to describe key SC concepts especially in the area of supply and inventory planning. Interviewer can clarify the grasp of SC concepts like shipping of cycle stocks/safety stocks/ Lead-time during the case study sharing.

Execution know-how: Evaluating candidate on his ability to apply his experience in operation execution into a situational case study. Interviewer can clarify some of the system transaction know-how during the case study sharing.

Business background: Evaluating candidate on his ability to apply fundamental business knowledge in real world supply chain situation. Mindset and knowledge on Cost vs Inventory vs Service and the corresponding tradeoffs.

Stakeholder management: Evaluating candidate on his ability to formulate the right approach in harnessing key information to engage his stakeholders.

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