Review prescriptions for flow shifts

The Flow Shifts tab on the Network Risk Prescriptions page displays prescriptions for reducing risk by altering the amount of product flowing through a path in the network. You can access the Network Risk Prescriptions page from the navigation toolbar by clicking .

From this page, you can review each Risk prescription individually by clicking the prescription's ID .

  1. With your Risk project open, select the Network Risk Prescriptions dashboard .
  2. If necessary, select a scenario to use from the Scenario field at the top of the page. The most recently used scenario is selected by default.
  3. Select the Flow Shifts card.
  4. Review the prescriptions listed on the grid. You can review each prescription individually by clicking the prescription's ID.

Network Risk Prescriptions page, Flow Shifts grid

Element Description
Page Header
% Network Select the a network from the three choices. Each choice represents a percentage of critical product flows diverted around critical sites. The options presented here depend on the selections made for the Flow Percentage Change and Sensitivity options in the Risk algorithm Flow Change options.
Accept Network Once you have reviewed your prescriptions, select this button to accept the selected network.
Network Revenue at Risk This displays the total network revenue at risk for the current scenario and for the selected prescribed network.
Network cost This displays the total cost for the current scenario and for the selected prescribed network.
Network Profit at Risk This displays the total network profit at risk for the current scenario and for the selected prescribed network.
Prescription type cards Select these cards to switch between the types of prescriptions available: Alternate Supplier Sites, Alternate Manufacturing Sites, Alternate Distribution Centers, and Flow Shifts.
Export to Excel Use this button to export prescriptions to Microsoft Excel.
Clear Filters Use this button to remove any filters that have been set on the grid.
Prescriptions Grid
prescriptions grid This table shows the selected network's alternate flow prescriptions for each Site-Product combination. By default, the grid is sorted by the "Change in Revenue" column in descending order. Each of the columns is described below.
filters Use the filter at the top of each column to limit the display to those Site-Product combinations you need to review.
ID This displays the unique ID for the prescription. Select a prescription's ID to see a detailed dashboard for the prescription.
Site This displays the Site ID for the prescription.
Product This displays the Product ID for the prescription.
Is Top Site-Product? This indicates if the product is part of a top site-product pair before applying prescriptions.
Is Potential Top Site-Product? This indicates if the product would be part of a top site-product pair with prescriptions applied.
Change in Revenue This displays the change in revenue generated by the prescription if the network is accepted.
Current Revenue This displays the existing revenue generated by the flows through the site for the specified product.
Potential Revenue This displays revenue generated by the flows through the site for the specified product if the network is accepted.
# Upstream Changes The number of prescribed changes to the network upstream of the node.
# Downstream Changes The number of prescribed changes to the network downstream of the node.

Last modified: Tuesday August 22, 2023

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