Manufacturing Planner optimizes the service levels and total landed cost based on production, freight, material and all fixed costs to deliver the right number, locations and capacities of factories. It also optimizes the sourcing for all product market combinations and doubles up to serve at tactical levels.
Key Features
- Production Capabilities - Optimizes the production capabilities of the factories, and suggests Addition of new factories or Elimination of any of the existing factories. Restructures owned Factories to retain or create efficient components (machine, man-power etc.) and eliminate the rest.
- Optimal Product Mix - Optimizes the product Mix at each Factory based on the Total Landed Cost.
- Optimizes Total Landed Costs - Accounts for long-term demands, product profitability, linear costs like production costs, in-bound and out-bound logistics cost, utility and material costs, fiscal benefits etc. as well as non-linear fixed factory costs and asset depreciation cost, investment cost and man-power costs.
- Capacity Balancing - Efficient capacity utilization at every factory through balancing of capacities across processes either by relocating assets or suggesting new assets.
- Volume Discounts - Suggests maximum utilization of volume based discounts offered by transporters and suppliers.
- Seasonal Products - Optimal number of assets for getting the best trade-off between fixed costs and inventory costs in case of seasonal products.
- Business Risk Modelling - Identify Risk associated with any investments made. Assess sensitivity of the model against any Supply Chain Drivers.
Deliverables in a Snapshot
Some Case Studies
One of the largest CPG companies optimized its Manufacturing Network across Europe, Africa and Asian Geographies to save between 10 to 15 million Euros in each Market.
One of the largest FMCG companies in India optimized its manufacturing footprint in India for the next 10 years based on the true Supply Chain drivers. Its original Supply Chain was heavily influenced by Fiscal benefits.
