Optimising the supply chain is about planning and optimising all operations and resources in the supply chain in order to make the supply chain more efficient, more responsive to changes and more customer centred. Synchronizing the flow throughout the supply chain taking into account logistics, inventory, production and workforce, requires powerful supply chain technology. But what exactly makes a supply chain technology powerful? Decide4AI has defined five criteria:
100% fit
Each company and each operation has it is own unique characteristics. E.g. special way of mixing raw materials, other th...
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Each company and each operation has it is own unique characteristics. E.g. special way of mixing raw materials, other than standard trailers, complex machine set up rules. Ignoring one of these characteristics will lead to suboptimal schedules or even schedules that can not be executed. Therefore it should be possible to easily configure all these characteristics, without programming and once implemented easy maintainable.
Business goals
Each company tries to differentiate themselves by outperforming competition on aspects such as faster delivery, being mo...
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Each company tries to differentiate themselves by outperforming competition on aspects such as faster delivery, being more flexible, lower costs or other factors. Empowering your differentiating edge by optimising against the right business goals is key when implementing supply chain optimisation technology. Defining the business goals that matter to you, or a combination of business goals, should be possible. Once defined, the supply chain technology should automatically optimise the operations against these goals.
Powerful optimisation
At the heart of a supply chain solution lies powerful optimisation, capable of taking all constraints into account and f...
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At the heart of a supply chain solution lies powerful optimisation, capable of taking all constraints into account and finding the best solution given the business goals.
Control
A supply chain planning and optimisation system is an instrument to make your operations efficient and value driven. It ...
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A supply chain planning and optimisation system is an instrument to make your operations efficient and value driven. It should not be a black box. The contrary, KPI dashboards, real time insight in all aspects of the supply chain and the ability to adjust whenever needed, are key to manage dynamic supply chain operations.
Real-time
Having the perfect overview at any moment in real-time. Instantly knowing what the consequences of disturbances are and ...
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Having the perfect overview at any moment in real-time. Instantly knowing what the consequences of disturbances are and having the capability to re-optimise in real time at the day-of-operations.
Technology Providers
Decide4AI has carefully selected two Supply Chain Planning & Optimisation software providers who comply with all five criteria:
Delmia Quintiq
A world leader in supply chain planning and
optimisation used by thousands of users all over the world to plan and optimise logistics, manufacturing and workforce. Delmia Quintiq is the solution for larger companies with a variety of operations who are in search to get the most out of their supply chain. Many of the largest companies in the world use Delmia Quintiq to plan and optimise their operations.
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MoreOptimal
An innovative technology focused on smaller to
midsized logistics and manufacturing companies.
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Implementation of a supply chain planning system
Decide4AI follows a well structured implementation approach. As the starting point we take your business objectives and translat these in measurable KPI’s. In small and controllable steps we implement the solution always measuring the impact on your KPI’s. Read more about how we can quickly assess what value you could get out of a Supply Chain system.
