Re: [GENERAL] Supply Chain Calcs

2011-11-21 Thread Jason Long
Thanks for the reply. Weeks of Supply(WOS) is not exactly what I am looking for, but might lead to a solution. Here is a better description of the problem. I know the following: Delivery dates and quantities for items on order or in transit. A manager will forecast manually what the pending ite

Re: [GENERAL] Supply Chain Calcs

2011-11-21 Thread Peter Geoghegan
On 21 November 2011 18:18, Jason Long wrote: > My customer requested some supply forecasting to see when there will be a > surplus or shortage of parts based on delivery dates and production dates > that will require these items. Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsvendor_model -- P

Re: [GENERAL] Supply Chain Calcs

2011-11-21 Thread Henry Drexler
google 'weeks of supply' On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Jason Long wrote: > I have a custom inventory system that runs on PG 9.1. I realize this is > not a postgres specify question, but I respect the skills of the members of > this list and was hoping for some general advice. > > The system i