Adexa Supply Chain Planning Blog
Supply Chain Visibility
Not all supply chain systems are the same. There are those that can help the planners, and there are those that need the planner’s help.
Improving Planner Productivity
Systems can learn from planners as to what is important and what is not. Thus, guiding the planners to spend their time on what matters or what the system does not know what needs to be done.
Advanced Planner-Assisted Systems (APAS)
Advanced Planner-Assisted Systems (APAS) plans based on knowing the potential uncertainties, having learned from past planning experiences such as potential issues seen before, and creates a more realistic plan as far into the future as needed or necessary.
Is your Supply Chain T2T or Just E2E?
Supply chains need to be end-to-end. But that is only one dimension of the supply chain. There is more than just connecting horizontally or bi-directionally. We also need to go vertically, i.e. top to toe or toe to top (T2T).
Explanation-Based Supply Chain Planning
Using Generative AI, we are now able to explain, in as much detail as needed, to the user why a certain decision was made. Such interaction with the system can further make the system more intelligent via explanation-based learning.
Plan your Supply Chain with Uncertainty
No matter how good the plan is, there are always surprises and things happen for which we may or may not have accounted for. Thus, we need to plan with uncertainty and then be able to respond when we know with certainty a disruption is coming or has already occurred.
Shared Memory Technology
Having both planning and execution in shared memory systems offers real-time adaptability, efficient communication, and streamlined resource sharing and the ability to perform a continuum of planning and execution rather than a piecemeal approach.
Mastering Respond Planning with Prediction
Planning is no longer just about customer demand but also international regulations, resilience, agility, environmental factors & sustainability, transparency, and above all ability to predict and respond in real-time not just plan now and respond later.
Your Mattress and Supply Chain Planning
Sleeping on two pieces of mattress put next to each other is hard unless you add layers and layers of cushioning on the top. This is what most companies do trying to “integrate” their S&OP, or planning solution, to their S&OE, or operation execution.
Responding without the ability to Predict is Ineffective
Supply chain leaders deploy prediction strategies to respond better and faster. For example, extra inventory is kept in case an unexpected order from a high priority customer arrives.