OREANDA-NEWS. February 28, 2012. UVK became the Logistics Partner to the workshop ‘Reducing Logistics Costs through Optimizing Inventory Stock in a Supply Chain’, organized by ‘3e consultants’ and held in Kyiv on February 16th, 2012 Among the on-purpose invited speakers at the workshop was Mr. Pieter Vos, a world top-class expert experienced in management of distribution for Ahold chain and currently the Leader for Strategic Supply Chain Projects at Tesco Stores.

The key subject matters uncovered and discussed during the workshop included:

The essentials of provision of a stock management system in a trading company:

• Stock turn

• What is out-of-stock and over-stock, and how to cope with them

• Applicable solutions in stock management

• The human factor in a stock management system

Stock management systems:

• IT solutions for sales forecast and stock management

• Transparency of data on sales and stocks in a supply chain

• Stock management systems

• Procurement planning systems for retailers and DC’s

• Imports management systems

Logistics technologies for an efficient inventory stock management:

• Distribution to zero: overview of the best EU practices

• Cross-docking, pick-by-line and distribution to zero: a retailer’s experience