Modeling capabilities
Modeler provides a number of modeling capabilities that support specific use cases. At the heart of modeling is Core Network Modeling, which enables you to model core supply chain elements. Other capabilities are built upon this foundation capability. Capabilities may require input tables, specific table columns, and solver technologies in addition to those provided with Core Network Modeling.
The table below lists the modeling capabilities that can be licensed with Modeler. Detailed requirements are provided for each capability.
| Capability | Description |
|---|---|
| Core Network Modeling | Determine optimal supply chain network by trading off service, costs, risks and sustainability. Identify optimal facility location and network structure by modeling your capacities, costs, product flows, inventory policies, sourcing policies, transportation policies and customer demand. |
| Site Capacity Planning | Perform time-phased resource level-capacity planning across your extended supply chain at the granularity and horizon of your choice. Create strategic, tactical, and operational capacity plans and understand the impact of capacity allocation decisions on profit, margin and customer fill rates. |
| Taxes & Duties | Determine how alternate sourcing options impact import and export costs in the context of your end-to-end supply chain’s configuration and product flows. |
| Financial Modeling | Evaluate the financial impacts of your supply chain design considering financial investment considerations. |
| Reverse Logistics | Evaluate various options and develop a strategy for moving returned goods through your supply chain network. Consider returns, refurbishment, depot repairs, recycling and how to optimally design your circular supply chain. |
| Cost To Serve | Identify the total cost to serve a customer at a product and location level, based on the true end-to-end costs of the supply chain. |
| Inventory Strategy | Determine an optimized time-phased inventory plan across your multi-echelon supply chain. Include all your inventory classifications including raw materials, work-in-process, cycle stock, in-transit, finished goods, and safety stock in order to meet your desired customer service levels with the lowest investment in inventory. |
| Shelf Life Optimization | Determine the cost implications of various supply chain fulfillment structures so that the desired minimum remaining shelf life targets are met when servicing your customers. |
| Transportation Optimization | Create a detailed transportation plan that provides the optimal multi-stop routes for existing shipments. The routes that are created consider the constraints of your warehousing, cross-docking and transportation assets. Determine the appropriate size and makeup of a private transportation fleet across the desired planning horizon. |
Last modified: Friday May 12, 2023