e-Logics

Supply Chain Software

Our software has helped companies to increase profit and service levels by enabling better planning and effective control over supply chain activities.

Supply Chain Modules

This robust technology allows for easy customisation, integration and scalability. Our supply chain software modules consist of the following:

Supply Chain Planning I Activity Management I Visibility I Products I Customers
Transportation (Links) I Inventory (Buffers) I Network Facilities & Processes (Resources)
Scenario Modeling

Planning tools are customizable optimisation algorithms and interfaces. Planning requires unique business rules for every organisation. e-Logics SUPPLY CHAIN software enables these business rules to be adjusted for specific requirements.

e-Logics SUPPLY CHAIN integrates with measurement devices such as tracking units on vehicles to enable proactive management of logistics activities. The exception reports can be configured and allocated to notify the relevant people of deviation from the planned activities.

The key performance indicators for logistics activities are measured by comparing planned to actual. These performance measurements should be the primary driver for the improvement of execution.

We have helped companies to improve their supply chain effectiveness and efficiency by enabling effective planning, control and analysis of supply chain activities.

Through consistent planning and decision making inefficiencies are reduced and service levels are increased. This leads to a reduction in operating costs and improved profitability.

The e-Logics SUPPLY CHAIN software allows for easy customisation, integration and scalability. The modules of our SUPPLY CHAIN software are grouped into the following six functional areas:

Supply Chains make products available to consumers.

Insights into the design of products, packaging and unit loads support effective innovation. Supply Chain Planning contributes to alignment between operational and market-facing functions. Understanding where and why value is created and destroyed requires insight into product profitability. The visibility into supply chain costs requires analyses of underlying cost drivers and operational constraints.

The life-cycle of a product requires careful operational execution, maximising value in all stages. Effective promotions require planning, tracking and measurement – and insights into demand drivers.

Customers provide the interface to consumers.

Customer requirements vary and the route to market should consider the different channels. Supply Chain Planning contributes to alignment between operational and market-facing functions. The knowledge of specific cost of doing business with different customers and in different regions is key to improvement. This requires insight into detailed cost drivers and operational constraints, specifically the supply chain.

The last mile of the supply chain requires careful consideration of immediate customer requirements. During the assignment of orders, significant value can be released if decision-making is well structured.

Transportation link activities in the supply chain.

Transportation resources should be optimized considering demand patterns and supply alternatives. Transportation planning considers the detailed requirements for movement across the supply chain as well as resources and constraints for transport.

Understanding which transport alternatives are available, the underlying cost drivers of these and committing capacity (& cost) provides an effective mechanism to minimize risk (& cost) in the system.

The execution of delivery requires detailed scheduling of activities and resources, considering multiple constraints. Monitoring performance against plan and schedule is critical for continuous improvement.

Inventory provides buffers in the Supply Chain.

When designing buffers one should consider the dynamics of the entire system, not merely operational necessities. Inventory planning provides the opportunity to design buffers in the context of process performance, allowing improvement over time. Only when actual inventory is compared with detailed targets, can the supply chain barometer function.

Assigning underlying cause at transactional level provides tactical alignment across the supply chain.

Distribution requirements planning need to consider demand and transport effectiveness. Understanding current and expected demand in more detail than sequential logic, provides opportunity to optimise resources and buffers collectively.

Effectiveness requires resources to be optimised.

The network of facilities determines where activity takes place in the supply chain, driving total cost. Network planning ensures that the inter-relationships between costs and cost drivers are considered when optimizing the supply chain within constraints. End-to-end operations planning requires more than sequential calculation of requirements, but visibility of the entire supply chain. Tactical planning should focus on alignment between demand and capacity, considering many alternatives.

Scheduling activities according to constraints in the supply chain requires understanding of time inter-relationships.

Visibility of activities provides the basis for optimization and continuous improvement.

Our supply chain scenario modeling technology allows companies to model different configurations of their supply chain elements assisting with strategic planning and supply chain design.