Solutions

Industry Solutions

Manufacturing

Lean / Six Sigma

Consumer Goods

Process Industries

Pharmaceutical

High Tech

Retail/Distribution

By Product Area

Inventory / Order Fulfillment

Safety Stock

Forecasting

Replenishment Planning

Capacity Utilization

For SAP Customers

"With SmartOps, we can update important operating targets such as safety stocks more frequently and at a more granular level. Now we're able to more closely align our inventory deployment with what is actually expected by our customers in a dynamic environment."

Rich Dregne
Sr. Director of Product Availability
Kellogg Company

Supply Chain and Capacity Utilization

Optimizing Capacity Utilization Plans Reduces Total Supply Chain Costs

Sharing isn't easy. When production resources are shared by multiple products,
planning decisions significantly impact inventory and overall supply chain costs.
Planning targets must be calculated in a manner that reflects real-world capacity
and production constraints. SmartOps Shared Capacity Optimization (SCO) is a
capacity-factoring, lot-sizing, and scheduling engine integrated with MIPO^TM to
provide feasible and implementable inventory and production planning targets as

part of your capacity utilization plan.

Benefits

Minimize total supply chain costs for plants and other stocking locations
Gain visibility into the effects of shared production capacity on lot sizes,
pre-build stock, and safety stock
Evaluate and quantify the costs, benefits, and risks associated with changes
in key input parameters including schedule adherence, changeover costs,
production rates, etc.

Key Capabilities

Calculates optimal planning targets considering
- production capacity and costs
- holding and storage constraints
- min/max quantities