High Tech

Supply Chain Planning for the High Tech industry involves the consideration of numerous challenges, including:

• Rapid product obsolescence & short product lifecycles
• Multi-tier distribution
• Commodity cost volatility
• Price volatility and promotion driven demand
• Outsourced manufacturing decisions
• Product design focused on cost and materials, not supply chain
• Defining make to order versus make to stock strategies across the product lifecycle

Many Supply Chain Guru™ features have been designed to specifically support the challenges facing the High Tech industry. The production modeling and enterprise simulation functionality enables analysts to evaluate the robustness of a new product manufacturing process and its ability to meet demand.

Network Optimization functionality enables companies to optimize their global supply chain footprint, identifying the correct location and volumes for suppliers, production, and distribution. Inventory Optimization can further refine strategies by determining the correct safety stock, reorder points, and reorder quantities for each product at each echelon of the supply chain in order to meet service requirement with the lowest possible inventory cost.