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Reduce supply chain costs with multi-echelon optimization—overview
Reduce supply chain costs with multi-echelon optimization—overview

Anastasiya Malinovskaya

Volatile supply and demand make it necessary to keep certain inventory levels to satisfy customers. Therefore, increasing a supply chain inventory level will increase customer service and revenue, but it comes at a cost. To reduce the inventory level and the costs associated with them across the entire supply chain, managers use multi-echelon inventory optimization.

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Vaccine cold supply chain: detailed case study
Vaccine cold supply chain: detailed case study

Pietro Negri

The specific requirements of cold chain logistics in pharma became a global concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines needed rapid worldwide distribution at an unprecedented scale. Simulation modeling played a key role in successfully meeting the challenge.  

This article shows how the consultancy company Skkip created an appropriate cold chain solution and benefitted from using anyLogistix software in their work.

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anyLogistix 2.15—database import/export and more
anyLogistix 2.15—database import/export and more

Stepan Egorov

Meet anyLogistix 2.15! The new version offers a range of improvements, including scenario import and export with external databases.

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Supply Chain Sustainability: a dairy industry case study
Supply Chain Sustainability: a dairy industry case study

Pietro Negri

Sustainability has become an increasingly pressing issue in supply chain over the last few years. Rethinking and re-planning the activities of companies from a sustainable perspective is no longer a voluntary choice – they have become a duty – and companies are now called upon to question their environmental impact.

This supply chain sustainability case study, based on the dairy sector of the Italian food industry, presents several scenarios for increasing supply chain sustainability that can be mapped to suit different industries.

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How to manage supply chain disruption
How to manage supply chain disruption

Gavin Wilkinson

Supply chain disruption comes in many forms: from local issues such as a staff shortage or a warehouse fire, to global problems like the COVID-19 pandemic, or even events like the 2021 Suez Canal obstruction.

In this article, we will answer those questions. We will look at how forecasting, planning, and the creation of mitigation strategies can all help increase supply chain robustness and develop organizational agility for when change is necessary.

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Coca-Cola case study: Optimal drinks deliveries in a complex market
Coca-Cola case study: Optimal drinks deliveries in a complex market

Gavin Wilkinson

Coca-Cola HBC worked with firstBit | NFP to optimize its extensive delivery network in the CIS region. Using anyLogistix supply chain software, they tackled five key business challenges in logistics and created a solution that accommodates over 200,000 clients.

The manufacturer’s supply chain is complex, with factors including variable transportation and storage costs, and seasonal demand variations. This complexity was preventing effective analysis and the holding back the possibility of cost cutting.

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Scenario-based strategic sourcing in supply chain
Scenario-based strategic sourcing in supply chain

Gavin Wilkinson

In their Scenario-Based Strategic Sourcing webinar, SimWell showed how network optimization and simulation help balance pricing, costs, service levels, and more when selecting suppliers for goods and services. This webinar shows how developments in anyLogistix supply chain software let companies realize optimal profits while remaining agile and responsive to changing business conditions.

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Supply chain inventory optimization demonstration video
Supply chain inventory optimization demonstration video

Anastasiya Malinovskaya

Demand uncertainties cause product availability problems such as stock-outs and missed customer service level targets. Supply chain inventory management is the solution.
In this demo video, learn how to perform supply chain inventory optimization in anyLogistix.

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Three key things to consider when designing your supply chain model in anyLogistix
Three key things to consider when designing your supply chain model in anyLogistix

Anastasiya Malinovskaya

Have you ever designed a digital supply chain? If yes, then you know how complex this process might be. Miss just one important element and your supply chain model will fail to deliver accurate results. What to do?
In this webinar, our partners at SimWell in North America demonstrate 3 key tips and tricks that make a world of a difference to model building.

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How to evaluate onshoring strategies
How to evaluate onshoring strategies

Gavin Wilkinson

Onshoring a supply chain for resiliency and sustainability is a strategy worth evaluating, but how to do this effectively? The COVID-19 pandemic, trade-wars, and sanctions are making the question more urgent. North American simulation supply chain specialists, SimWell, answer this question and more in their webinar Evaluating Onshoring Strategies with Network Optimization and Simulation.

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