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takes advantage of the significant economic benefits of coordinating production, transportation, and distribution decisions across interdependent, but traditionally separate, corporate functions. Before any product is manufactured the most efficient method of producing, transporting, and distributing the product have been determined and the production and logistic resources necessary for its support have been identified and set-aside considering all other enterprise-wide requirements.
Within , the functions of production, transportation, and distribution are optimized
as a single, interconnected process. That is, production decisions are made only after
considering the cost and availability of all resources, and the relative cost of all feasible
alternative sources of production and distribution. specifically considers the
feasibility and economic benefits of shifting dates of production to take advantage of unused
resources or cost preferred resources.
creates daily production schedules for every production line in the entire
enterprise based on the profitability of specific sourcing, shipping, and distribution for each
product. Maximum profit solutions are developed within a multiply constrained, user-defined
environment. Factors such as: production capacity constraints, transportation modes and
resources, inventory policy, available inventory storage limitations, single and multi-tiered
distribution systems, product allocation plans, product promotion phasing, new product
introduction, and container/lid/label/package limitations are reflected in the daily production
schedule for each line/shift for each day of the days requested.
allows you to optimize corporate profitability at all levels of production and
across multiple production facilities. |