THE INVENTORY TIGHTROPE:
CUTTING WORKING CAPITAL WITHOUT CUTTING SERVICE LEVELS
Margins are under pressure from every direction. But cutting inventory across the board can create bigger problems: stockouts, lost sales, and service failures.
Join Slimstock to learn how risk-based segmentation, dynamic safety stock, and smarter service-level planning can help you free up working capital without compromising customer service.
Date: Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Time: 11.00am to 12noon (AEST)
Venue: Online via Zoom
Cost: No charge
Registrations close at COB on Sunday, 27 September
REGISTER HERE
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Rising costs. Soft demand. Margin under pressure from every direction. Most companies respond by cutting inventory across the board and pay for it in stockouts, lost sales, and frustrated customers.
There's a better way. Join Slimstock for a live session on precision inventory management: how to identify exactly where to hold stock and where to release cash, without gambling on service levels.
You'll learn how to:
- Segment inventory by risk and value instead of cutting everything equally
- Set dynamic safety stock and service levels by SKU and account tier
- Free up working capital while protecting or improving customer service
- Avoid the hidden costs of blanket inventory reduction
- See real results from a company that released significant working capital without sacrificing service, using Slim4's demand and inventory planning platform.
- Walk away with a practical framework you can apply immediately.
Register now to secure your spot.
PRESENTERS
Frank Bucolo - Country Manager, Slimstock Australia and New ZealandFrank Bucolo is an experienced supply chain professional with more than 20 years of experience across the FMCG, industrial and automotive aftermarket sectors.Frank helps organisations improve inventory performance, strengthen planning processes and build more resilient supply chains. Having previously worked as a Senior Supply Chain Consultant, he brings hands-on expertise in inventory optimisation, demand and supply planning, distribution centre design and Just-in-Time practices. Frank is known for his practical, outcome-driven approach to balancing operational efficiency, customer service and sustainable business growth.
Rodrigo Bardales - Supply Chain Manager, Klein Tools
Rodrigo Bardales is responsible for leading demand planning, inventory optimisation and supply planning initiatives across a large and complex supply network. With responsibility for thousands of SKUs and over 400 suppliers, Rodrigo has helped transform planning processes to improve product availability, reduce backorders and support business growth without increasing working capital at the same rate. His experience provides a practical perspective on how organisations can balance service, inventory and cash flow in today's challenging operating environment.
MODERATOR
Elton Brown - Senior Consultant at DMS (Demand Management Systems), an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Sydney, an active member of ASCLA, author, presenter, Supply Chain AI Futurist and industry advisor.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
ANZ supply chain, planning, and finance leaders at mid-to-enterprise manufacturers, distributors, and retailers, VP Supply Chain, Head of Planning, CFO/Finance Director