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Editor’s Choice: Why Supply Chain Design Is Not a “One-and-Done” Exercise

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply Chain Design: A process where nodes, modes, flows, and policies driving a supply chain are defined, reviewed, optimized, and aligned to business objectives. Continuous Design: Continuous design is the development and ongoing refinement of optimal supply chain structures, policies, and flows. To read the full article, click HERE.

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Supply Chain Optimization: Leveraging Integrated Scenario Planning as a Margin Multiplier

Logistics Viewpoints

APS are complex, live production environments requiring extensive configuration to accurately model a business’s operational reality. This broad optimization across many objectives allows leadership to meet corporate goals and functional objectives, enhancing visibility into the potential outcomes and benefits of different planning scenarios.

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Modeling brewing capacity to drive cost savings at HEINEKEN

AIMMS

Can you tell me about HEINEKEN’s AIMMS-based Brewing Capacity Model? I understand your team took ownership of this model. Yeah, so there was an existing Brewing Capacity Model which lived in an Excel file. The main reason was that we were trying to manage our investments as optimally as possible.

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Distribution Network Optimization: Modeling Tools Won’t Give You the Answer

Kane is Able

Distribution network optimization has become a white-hot topic these days as “the Amazon effect” leads businesses to evaluate how quickly they can get products to customers. Warehouse optimization modeling exercises examine the upside of being closer to customers versus the downside of carrying more inventory in more locations.

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Bottom Line: What is the ROI of Supply Chain Network Design Software?

AIMMS

To do this, we built two representative models of a business. While businesses differ in complexity and size, for this exercise we extrapolated based on these $7.5Bn baselines. While businesses differ in complexity and size, for this exercise we extrapolated based on these $7.5Bn baselines.

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What Is Your Target Story?

The Lean Thinker

In software development compromises must be made between optimizing the interface and workflows for various users. By identifying the primary persona, the team says “This person’s use of the software will be optimized.” Who Are You Optimizing Your Improvements For? First, it establishes priority of effort.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

Logistics Viewpoints

If you have been through this process at least once, you already have a good idea of what supply chain design is about: optimization. When most people hear the word “optimization,” they immediately think about minimizing costs. But optimization is much more than that! Let’s continue with this analogy.