... people use the latter term when referring to themselves shipping to their cus-tomers, while they’ll use VMI for the process of their suppliers ship-ping to them. With either term, the process ... solution to the situation presented to it. Then it displaysthis solution and the relevant factors (stockouts, cost, inventory,changeovers, output, etc.) to the person controlling the software.When ... central stocking point to the DCs.• The amount of safety stock or safety time needed to protectagainst stock outs at the DCs.Going on the Air—Supply Chain Integration (Phase II) 259“We have to...