P&G Video Questions

Assignment 2: Inventory Optimization at Proctor & Gamble: Achieving Real Benefits Through User Adoption of Inventory Tools

https://live.blueskybroadcast.com/bsb/client/CL_DEFAULT.asp?Client=569807&PCAT=2053&CAT=2130

https://client.blueskybroadcast.com/Informs/2010/informs_04/launch_html5.asp?vAD=MTc5MTk=&vUS=LTk5&vMP=MA==&vHT=bGl2ZS5ibHVlc2t5YnJvYWRjYXN0LmNvbS8=&vPing=VHJ1ZQ==&vPICQ=RmFsc2U=&V=150010138016176181118067214235238006109239180161133243226009168171239134074076086238195079028125

Click on the first link and look for the title and click on the link at the end of the abstract. Alternatively, you can also access the presentation by clicking on the second link. You may need to search for some definitions online.

1. What is a multi-echelon inventory system? (search)5.40

2. What are the complexities of managing inventory at P&G, explain. (open ended but should link to P&G’s supply chain, listen to first part of the presentation)

3. What are the arguments for reducing inventory, explain each argument? (10.35)

4. What are the reasons for high inventory in “P&G Beauty” section? (16.08 -17.50)

5. What were the challenges faced by P&G Beauty in the middle of the decade?(19.40)

6. When is multi-echelon inventory management become crucial?(20.00 flower)

7. Explain the multi-echelon inventory management tool they developed in your words (after 20.00-21.00)

8. What are the benefits they received due to implementation?(26,32:30 answer may vary since there are many mentioned in various places)

9. What are the features that distinguish guaranteed service model from other inventory models? (29.00)

10. What makes the multi-echelon models hard? (30:00)

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