DELIVER | Supply Chain Analytics

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Supply Chain Network Design

Optimizing facility locations and structure

What Is It?

Network Design strategically shapes the supply chain structure for optimal efficiency.

  • Location decisions - Where to place facilities
  • Capacity planning - How much capacity at each site
  • Flow optimization - How goods move through network
  • Cost/service balance - Trade-off optimization

Business Objectives

Cost Efficiency

Reduce transportation, inventory, operations

Service Level

Improve delivery times

Flexibility

Adaptable to change

Resilience

Continuity against disruptions

Analytics Methods

Network Analysis

Visualize flow of goods

Simulation

Test under stochastic conditions

Scenario Analysis

What-if evaluation

Mixed Integer Programming

Optimize locations

Key Performance Indicators

Total SC Cost

Production + storage + transport

Carbon Footprint

Environmental impact

Flexibility

Adaptability score

Related Use Cases

Transportation Cost Multi-Echelon Risk Analysis
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