pm-supplychain

Interrogate a demand forecast before the business commits supply and inventory to it. Use when asked to review a demand plan, challenge a forecast, check forecast accuracy, decompose baseline vs uplift, or find hockey sticks in the numbers. Produces a forecast credibility review with baseline/uplift decomposition, MAPE and bias history, hockey-stick flags, an assumption register, and consensus-vs-statistical divergence analysis.

Set inventory policy for an item class: segmentation, safety stock, and replenishment method. Use when asked to set safety stock levels, segment items by ABC/XYZ, choose reorder points vs min-max, define stocking policy, or review excess and obsolete inventory. Produces a segmentation grid, per-segment service targets and safety-stock logic, a replenishment method choice per segment, and an E&O review cadence.

Write up a supply chain disruption — port delay, carrier failure, customs hold, or in-transit damage — as a decision-ready incident report. Use when asked to document a shipment delay, write up a logistics failure, report a customs hold, quantify a supply disruption, or draft the customer notice for a late delivery. Produces an impact-quantified incident report with containment actions, root cause, prevention items, and a customer-communication draft.

Build a weighted RFP evaluation matrix and defensible award recommendation. Use when asked to score RFP responses, compare vendor bids, build a supplier evaluation matrix, run a sourcing event scorecard, or decide which bidder to award. Produces a criteria tree with weights, scoring anchors, normalized price scores, a consensus-scored comparison table, and an award recommendation with sensitivity check.

Prepare an S&OP cycle readout that surfaces the demand-supply gaps and forces the three decisions the meeting must make. Use when asked to prep an S&OP meeting, build the executive S&OP deck, summarize demand vs supply for the monthly cycle, or prepare a supply review readout. Produces a gap table, scenario levers with costs, an inventory projection, a decisions-required list, and a pre-read package.