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Balancing service levels and working capital

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November 11, 2025

In a rapidly changing world, businesses must balance service levels, cost and working capital. Learn how Sandvik Coromant and Mölnlycke, together with Implement Consulting Group, are rethinking end to end inventory optimization to drive transparency, scalability and better decision making.

Optimizing global supply chains
Inventory optimization is more critical than ever. With higher interest rates and complex supply networks, companies must balance customer service and working capital. Implement Consulting Group explores how leading organizations are mastering end to end inventory optimization by combining segmentation, data transparency and new planning methods.

Transforming with technology and collaboration
Sandvik Coromant shares how it embedded inventory optimization within SAP Integrated Business Planning to handle global complexity and improve responsiveness. By uniting finance, sales and production, the company achieved better control, visibility and trust in their planning data.

Mölnlycke’s scalable planning model
Mölnlycke presents its journey from fragmented spreadsheets to a fully scalable, data driven planning model. By segmenting finished goods and components and introducing hybrid planning with reorder points and forecasts, the company improved service levels by over 10 percent while reducing stock days and planner workload.

A smarter future for end to end planning
Implement Consulting Group showcases new approaches such as time dependent reorder points and safety time modelling. These methods combine forecasting and dependency based planning, enabling companies to lower total inventories while increasing reliability and transparency across their networks.