Supply chain cost optimization: what you need to know

... decision-making . Analytics for supply chain cost optimization Companies seeking to reduce supply chain costs effectively need to gather, measure, and evaluate historical, present, and forecasted performance using supply chain analytics . There’s no other effective way around it. Predictive and prescriptive analytics combined is a powerful tool for cost optimization. Predictive analytics gives insight into what will happen in the future and helps identify risks and opportunities. While it alerts ...

Sales and operations planning in supply chain: is your company ready?

... maturity. To help supply chain and logistics leaders assess their logistics maturity, Gartner have developed five planning stages : Stage 1: React Departments make plans independently of each other, without considering supply chain constraints. There is no cross-divisional standardization of the logistics services offered to customers and little coordination. The focus is on maintaining the continuity of the core processes. Stage 2: Anticipate Logistics activity and performance are captured and reported ...

COVID-19 vaccination strategy: mobile clinics in Bali

... are new mobile clinics (click to enlarge) Scaling the vaccine outreach network to include the whole Bali province The researchers used the same 2-step Greenfield Analysis for the whole province with eight other regencies. They set an important rule: no village can be served by a health center or an outreach site outside of its regency. The rule was applied even when the distance from the other health center or outreach site to the village in the neighboring regency was shorter. One of the findings ...

anyLogistix 3.2 – time windows, scenario import and export, experiments, and performance

... A and you want to import a scenario from Project B , you can now directly import it into your current project. This feature saves time, especially when you're looking to reuse elements from past projects or share your scenario with colleagues. You no longer have to export scenarios to Excel and then import them back; the process is now straightforward. The functionality is supported across all the local projects on both Windows and Mac OS desktop versions. If you're working in the anyLogistix ...

Step-by-step guide: how to reduce the carbon footprint in your supply chain

... complex, contributing significantly to carbon emissions worldwide. Did you know that nearly 60% of all global carbon emissions are generated by supply chains? In fact, the research done by Accenture indicates so. Connecting the two dots, there is no doubt that consumers highly value green and sustainable supply chains. But what makes your supply chain sustainable? Of course, ensuring low CO2 emissions in all stages of the supply chain, especially in manufacturing and transportation, two of the ...