Multistage Inventory Planning
& Optimization ( MIPO™)

Looking to optimize the performance of your existing inventory planning systems? You’ll make more informed decisions, reduce inventory, reduce working capital, and meet customer expectations, with SmartOps Multistage Inventory Planning & Optimization (MIPO™).


MIPO™ allows you to:

  • View Your Total Supply Chain.  Consider all items, all locations, and all stages in your multi-tiered manufacturing and distribution supply chains — all at the same time!  Consider millions of variables, and calculate optimal values at the most granular detail.
  • Base Decisions on Data You Can Trust.  Set time-varying targets for every item in your inventory, at every location, and in every phase of your supply chain.  Validate and analyze data in real-time, and make “what-if” projections, for more trustworthy decisions.
  • Synchronize with Existing Systems.  MIPO™ acts as an overlay for current operations, working with your existing systems.  This connects data systems and improves the quality of your data.
  • Reduce Safety Stock with Less Risk.  By drawing on stronger, more complex data all along your supply chain, you can reduce safety stock, plan ahead and predict where and when inventory is needed most.
  • Increase Customer Service and Satisfaction.  With accurate, synchronized supply chain operational targets for all items, you reduce safety stock, your inventory is at the right place at the right time, and scrambling to meet increasing customer expectations becomes a thing of the past.

“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.”

Senior Director of Product Availability, Kellogg Company