“Profit Point is a key partner for us in developing supply chain optimization planning engines. Their thought leadership and technical expertise has been instrumental in our journey to develop systems and tools that allow us to achieve optimality in our supply, inventory, transportation and distribution costs, while meeting our customer service targets.” Jeff Greenfield Director …
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I recently read an e-book published last month by Llamasoft, a large supply chain network design software provider, suggesting that companies build their own internal supply chain design (SCND) competency (using the authors’ software, of course). Without a doubt SCND is critical to a well-functioning cost-efficient supply chain and is an integral part of the …
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Why do some companies insist on losing money? In this eBook, we will outline the methodology for harnessing and properly applying TDC in your supply chain. We also share stories about how companies have used it to increase their profitability by up to 15%. This content is Password Protected. Please contact us for access.
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Profit Point has helped large and small companies to squeeze more profit from their planning, tactical and operational processes with consulting services and technology tools customized from our suite of existing applications.
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Profit Point has helped large and small companies to squeeze more profit from their planning, tactical and operational processes with consulting services and technology tools customized from our suite of existing applications.
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At Profit Point, our consulting team has over a century of combined experience implementing Aspen SCM (MIMI) solutions. Although the concepts for developing a model are similar from plant to plant, there is nothing quite like getting boots on the ground to truly understand the client needs. With that philosophy in mind, a colleague and …
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When selecting enabling software for supply chain scheduling and planning, there are typically two competing forces: On one hand, there is a strong push for standardization, typically driven by the IT organization. On the other hand, there is an equally strong need for flexibility and targeted solutions that capture the unique aspects and requirements of …
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New management wanted a ten-year plan to optimize the manufacturing and distribution footprint to reduce costs. Profit Point engaged with the client to determine the best way to operate the current network in light of some recent manufacturing improvements, and to develop recommendations for a future network that would maintain customer service levels while reducing future costs.
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In this case study, our client wanted to optimize the supply chain from the purchase of raw milk from the farms through to the delivery of finished goods to its retail customers. We engaged with the customer in a two-phased project to first optimize the raw milk procurement/manufacturing footprint and then to determine the optimal national distribution network for the future.
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Frequently when we work with clients to implement decision support tools for supply chain scheduling and planning, they often have some unique constraint that is essential to model and may be unique to their environment. Some recent examples we have encountered include the following: When producing a batch in a make to order environment, the …
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In this case study, Profit Point engaged with the customer to design a tool using Aspen Tech’s Supply Chain ManagementTM suite. The tool uses the built in optimization engine to find the best solution and is also highly flexible in allowing the user to specify certain specific constraint values that must be adhered to.
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In this case study, Profit Point’s client wanted to find a more automated and better way to create and maintain the production schedule across several batch reactors and schedulers. As a result, we engaged with the customer to design a production scheduling tool using Aspen Tech’s Aspen Plant SchedulerTM.
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