ABC and XYZ analysis in plain words: how it is calculated, how to read the report and what to do next
How to split your products, customers or suppliers into three groups, and what to do with them next
How to tell which products have predictable demand and which do not, and what to do about it in purchasing
How to combine what an item contributes with how predictable its demand is — and what to do with each of the nine cells
Nine cells instead of three classes — and why AC and CA call for opposite decisions
Trend, seasonality, dead stock and portfolio concentration — what is calculated behind the XYZ letters and where the hints under the report come from
A management case study by the director of a psychotherapy and addiction treatment centre
An online tool with the privacy of a desktop program: how it works and how to see it for yourself — for instance, by switching the internet off in the middle of an analysis
