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Supply chains are becoming more complex, and businesses are making decisions to move or outsource production to low-cost manufacturing centers. Effectively managing a supply chain requires global visibility into capabilities, constraints, and variables in an organization’s systems as well as the ability to optimize profitability across those options.
To meet marketplace demand for a wider array of products at lower prices, companies need supply management technologies capable of handling more flexible build-to-order models, as well as outsourcing, regional, and seasonal fluctuations.
The i2 Solution: i2 Supply Chain Planner
i2 Supply Chain Planner can provide a way to model the entire supply chain—from suppliers and outsourced manufacturers to factories, warehouses, and distribution centers. Supply Chain Planner can optimize a company’s inventories, production, distribution, and transportation.
Supply Chain Planner is designed to support master planning, allocation planning, distribution planning, inventory planning, and profit optimization.
Key capabilities of i2 Supply Chain Planner can include:
- The ability to represent multi-tiered supply chains with items, operations, routings, resources, suppliers, distribution modes, and raw materials
- Support for build-to-stock, build-to-order, or configure-to-order business models
- Evaluation of complex supply chain alternatives, including parts, suppliers, routes, resources, modes, and capacity
- Customizable industry-specific templates
Benefits of i2 Supply Chain Planner can include:
- Reduced lead times for responding to demand variability
- Improved service-level performance and customer satisfaction
- Improved usage of resources
- Improved inventory management
- Reduced overall logistics costs
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