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A common doubt that always unites and may even cause conflict among product managers, logistics administrators and marketing analysts is the stock strategy for a product: Should we have it in stock? How much should we keep? When and how often do we request more? It is a tricky question and we intend to give you and overview of it in this post. Why do we stock products? When selling products or providing services that need to use some product,  demand and supply are not 100% predictable and also  there are lead times with uncertainties. If lead time was totally reliable and demand and production could be perfectly predictable, there would be no reason to ever exist stock. Why would you consider having the company's money stuck over stocked products? Imagine we're in a hypothetical world, and we have a product demand that is constant and we know for a fact it will be constant for a long time. Also, imagine your production (or supp...

The "Supply Chain" term is very well known and used in the market.  More and more the term is popularized replacing the old areas of "Logistics", "Expedition" and "Purchases", which are nothing more than parts of an even more comprehensive system. But what exactly is the Supply Chain? What makes up and why it should be seen in a unique way. To the  JM  team, Supply Chain means the combination of strategies, tactics and operations that make it possible to meet customer demands ranging from the relationship with material and service suppliers until fulfilling customer satisfaction. The interesting thing about this definition is precisely the view that Supply Chain goes far beyond a specific area of ​​the company, or an activity, and serves not only physical goods and products, but also applies to services providers. Supply Chain is, in fact, a chain of processes that combine multiple areas and activities, forming a chain of processes t...

O termo "Supply Chain" já se tornou velho conhecido no mercado. Cada vez mais o termo se populariza substituindo as antigas áreas de "Logística", "Expedição" e "Compras", que nada mais são do que partes de um sistema ainda mais abrangente. Mas o que exatamente é o Supply Chain? O que compõe e porque ele deve ser visto de forma única. Para a equipe da JM , Supply Chain é a combinação de estratégias, táticas e atividades que tornam possível o atendimento das demandas dos clientes abrangendo desde o relacionamento com os fornecedores de materiais e serviços até a satisfação dos clientes. O interessante nessa colocação é justamente a visão de que Supply Chain vai muito além de uma área  específica da empresa, ou uma atividade, e serve não só para bens e produtos palpáveis, mas também para prestação de serviços. Supply Chain é, de fato, uma cadeia de processos que combina diversas áreas e atividades, formando um conjunto de elos que vão além ...