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Month: November 2016

Importance of Scoping in a Supply Chain Modeling project

November 25, 2016 Kumar Singh

Scoping is the most critical part of a Network modeling project ,however, it is not assigned the importance it deserves when Network modeling projects are

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Challenges in Implementing an Inventory Policy

November 22, 2016 Kumar Singh

Conceptually, implementing an Inventory policy seems straightforward.  All you have to do is to categorize your products (say, using ABC Classification) and then define an Inventory Policy

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Leveraging Cost time profiles for process diagnostics and improvement

November 19, 2016 Kumar Singh

Cost Time Profiles (CTPs) can help you document and visualize the synergies of cost and time information of a process. It is a great tool

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Incorporating service levels in Network design

November 15, 2016 Kumar Singh

In a Network design context, service levels are usually measured by transit time or distance. So for example, if you plan to provide same day

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Using Greenfield Analysis for long term strategic network design

November 14, 2016 Kumar Singh

A Greenfield analysis can be a great way to get started for long term strategic network planning. A Greenfield analysis can tell you what will

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Leveraging Geographical Risk Mapping in Supply Chain Design

November 8, 2016 Kumar Singh

Supply Chain Network design exercises are sometimes so focused on achieving cost efficiencies, that they overlook a crucial aspect of Supply Chain design-factoring various risks

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Commonly used Route Optimization Scenarios: A Cheat Sheet

November 4, 2016 Kumar Singh

Route Optimization (RO) is an operational planning exercise that has the potential to generate significant cost efficiency opportunities. If you are a Transportation executive looking to leverage RO 

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Introduction to Linear and Mixed Integer Problems for Supply Chain leaders

November 3, 2016 Kumar Singh

As a non practitioner, you may have heard jargons like Mixed Integer programming, Integer programming etc. when interacting with your modeling team. This post intends

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Modeling Bracket Pricing

November 2, 2016 Kumar Singh

Many commercial Supply Chain packages (like Llamasoft) don’t  allow you to define different price for the same product. If you are developing a model to capture

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