Supply Chain Design and Analytics: Benefits

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Supply Chain Design

and Analytics

COST2SERV has been developed to help companies 

gain a greater understanding of their supply chain and BENEFITS


to identify the most profitable distribution strategies. Unlock hidden profits
Create competitive distribution strategies
Designing your supply chain to achieve best solution whilst also suggesting Understand the profit and cost dynamics
maximum returns requires the ability to alternative options. Rich graphs, maps of your network
identify opportunities, limitations and and tables provide the user with easy
Identify the most profitable markets to
constraints. Such insightfulness requires to interpret data. The result is a toolset target
experience, and also a toolset that that is easy to use and enables business
Enhance your customers supply chain
has the agility to get at the heart of the benefits to be realised in a short
experience
business challenge. COST2SERV offers timeframe.
the solutions designer the means to Plan for black Friday events, increase your
Cirrus Logistics offers solutions for end supply chain resilience
create operational differentiation, control
to end supply chain design, supported Manage growth safely and profitably
cost and build competitive, resilient
by a team of experienced solutions
supply chains. Understand the true cost of procurement
design experts. Whether you are a
COST2SERV projects do not require 3PL provider or run your own in-house Find the best location for your warehouse
IT integration, data can be exchanged logistics, COST2SERV enables you to Calibrate network capacity to meet
using simple drag and drop between develop the best network strategy to demand
excel spreadsheets. COST2SERV meet your supply chain needs.
Alleviate bottlenecks and points of
comes with its own maps and route congestion
information. Powerful algorithms
Make your supply chain a competitive
optimise the model identifying the
differentiator
Source Depot Customer

True cost of procurement; compare different sources and procurement 


options, based on cost to purchase plus cost of transportation, to find the most FEATURES
cost efficient supplier. Understand the impact on the network of purchasing Multi-echelon supply chain analysis
volume decisions and calculate the optimal product storage locations based on
Calibrate the supply chain on margin
geographic demand.
and cost

Depot Optimisation; determine the optimum number and location of Model volume and capacity dynamics
depots in the network, that reduce cost and maintain service level performance. Multi-modal supply chain options
If you are merging supply chains, extending an existing supply chain or
Centre of gravity modelling
creating a new supply chain, COST2SERV will assist you to compare different
operating scenarios. Alternatively, use the optimisation engine to find the best Carbon emissions modelling
recommended solution. Different supply chain criteria can be included in the Clustering algorithm
algorithms cost, proximity and volume being examples. The recommendations
can be displayed on a map, trends can be shown on a graph, and the details Optimisation algorithm
viewed in supporting spreadsheet. Multi-drop algorithm
Cost to serve optimisation
Vehicle Optimisation; identify the correct number of vehicles in the network,
where they should be based and how many drivers are required can all be Inbuilt map and distance data
calculated in COST2SERV. Demand profiles can be compared against vehicle Scenario comparison
types and movement constraints for each customer and depot.
Easy data exchange
Cost & Margin Optimisation; COST2SERV analytics enables businesses Results available in map, graph and
to understand the cost and margin dynamics of the supply chain in order to spreadsheet view
devise strategies which provide competitive advantages. The optimisation engines
can perform cost based evaluations and identify opportunities for increasing profit.

Sales Opportunities; understand the capacity details of your supply chain


provides the sales teams with the opportunities to quickly understand the network
impact of adding new customers. Network information can be used to target the
most profitable customer accounts and regions.

UK Office t +44 (0)1253 602920


9 Cedarwood, Chineham Park e [email protected]
Basingstoke, RG24 8WD w www.cirruslogistics.com

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