Digital enablement
CapeX : Product Features
Applying Technology
CapeX : Use Cases
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- Marketing
- Logistics
- Finance
- Governance
- Procurement
- Production
- Maintenance
- Staffing
- Customer Service
- Utility
Network Design
Long term planning or Greenfield to commit capital and other resources are high value decisions. Spreadsheet and gut feel lack in their ability to draw out detailed plan and assessment of operational feasibility.
Cost over-runs, not meeting intended results are common place symptoms for lack of rigor.
Facilities planning (plant, warehouse, transport fleet), outsourcing decisions, new product launches are common use cases.
Fleet Augmentation Evaluation
World has realized the importance of Logistics fulfillment by looking at the Ecommerce giants. Own or 3PL, whatever the means of fulfillment, Fleet planning, sizing, contracting/chartering is important piece in the puzzle for high customer service level.
Rail, Road, Air, Ships or Pipeline have different dynamics for different industry verticals.
Integrated Planning with warehouse and production operations are important features in XPlan.
New Production Line Evaluation
Production is the core of value chain. Inbound, outbound logistics support the process.
XPlan supports goods supply chain elements extensively and configuration of different production constraints like continuous / discrete process, recipes/BOM, routings, utility consumption, maintenance, transition sequence etc.
Outsourcing Decisions
N-Tier networks, Inter-modal transport with Distribution centers (transshipment locations) are common in many commodity industries (Metals, Oil, Chemicals, Cement).
For commodities cost of transport is a significant cost component with respect to price realization of product itself and the volumes are high. This requires careful planning to keep production and sales in sync.
Strategic Planning
Annual Operating, make-or-buy/subcontracting, Procurement, Chartering decisions require longer term planning say 1-5 years. Demand Supply balances, resource commitment needs to be done much ahead of time.
Time & Voyage Chartering Decisions
Time and Voyage chartering decisions are taken months in advance and are very high cost and high impact decisions which hinges on several factors at demand across network tiers, how multi-modal transport economics, capacities, compatibilities etc.