Industrial (Heavy Manufacturing, Non-Automotive)

Supply Chain planning for industrial operations involves the consideration of numerous challenges, including:

• Shift from long production cycles to lean approaches to minimize waste
• Managing excess capacity in a down market
• Dynamic labor and material costs as source markets shift
• Government focus on CO2 emissions restrictions
• Limited capital expenditure investments available

Many Supply Chain Guru™ features have been designed to specifically support the challenges facing the Industrial Manufacturing industry. For instance, Network Optimization and Inventory Optimization can be used to evaluate emerging market sourcing and inventory policies and the impact on total supply chain costs. These approaches can also be used to identify optimal production locations given cost and capacity constraints.

Supply Demand Balancing can be used to identify the lowest cost solution for satisfying season demand given production and warehousing capacity constraints. GHG Emissions Analysis can be used to identify cost tradeoffs associated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions.