Manufacturing and Distribution Applications

Capacity Planning

Longer-term model of supply constraints based on current and planned capacity and forecasts of demand. Can include multiple plant / facilities locations and process components within plants. The user can test alternative load balancing scenarios.

Production Planning and Management

Inventory Planning and Management

Inventory reporting, costing and planning model.

Enables analysis of key inventory measures including stockturns, weeks of stock, unit costs, total holding costs, unit holding costs, purchase order delivery cycle times, suggested order quantities, etc. by product source, warehouse, product and time. Future deliveries and costs can be modelled under different scenarios.

Product Costing

Provides a cost model for each individual product with line, group, category and brand consolidations of SKU's. This can be analysed by plant, warehouse or geographical region. The model allows for forecasts of costs based on individual parameter inputs (eg. raw material unit costs, labour costs, plant costs, etc.).

Asset & Depreciation Analysis

Comprehensive Asset analysis and planning model. Includes ongoing, new and retiring assets by ownership, time period, location, type and function. Actual and calculated data (eg. forecast, scenarios and calculated from actuals) includes original cost, lifetime cost, salvage values, retirement date, depreciation, maintenance costs, asset contribution value. "What if" scenario testing in real time (eg. Extension of useful life, impact of changes to salvage value, impact on asset contribution of a change in use, etc.)