Supply Chain Analysis and Design

Meeting customer demands and improving internal manufacturing operations requires that your supply chain be both lean and robust. This means that your company must rapidly improve supply chain operations. Supply chain analysis and design provides big paybacks

Technical Assist uses a four step methodology for supply chain optimization.  This provides an optimal design wile considering real-world demand and timing variations.  Using state-of-the-art technology allows us to develop an analysis accurately predicts performance. And  these tools allow the analysis data  to be refreshed periodically for 'tune-ups' to your supply chain.

Benefits:

• Predict Customer Service, Cost and Inventory Levels.
• Determine the effects of Time and Randomness on your supply chain.
• Reduce inventory and transportation costs while improving customer service levels.
• Determine the effects of changing your supply chain structure or policy.
• Calculate inventory levels and availability to optimize inventory policies.
• Predict inventory investment, transportation costs, and manufacturing utilization for corporate budgeting functions.

Four Step Process:

Step 1: Network Optimization

Linear/Mixed Integer Programming or Spreadsheet analysis used for Modeling and Solving

Step 2: Network Simulation

Discrete Event Simulation used for highly accurate prediction

Step 3: Policy Optimization

Simulation-Optimization, genetic algorithms applied to automatically search for improvements to the model

Step 4: Design for Robustness

The objective of Design for Robustness is to ensure the supply chain design and policy plans support what MIGHT happen, not just what we think WILL happen.

Technical Assist, Inc.  

23199 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, Ohio  44122  

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(Updated January,2004)

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