Supply Chain Analytics
Today, when it comes to supply chain management, business decisions have never been more challenging.
At LF Logistics, Supply Chain Analytics brings the power of data-driven analysis, mathematical optimization, and collaboration to support decision making, and provide holistic and practical solutions.
With companies having to rethink strategies in the face of rising costs and shifting demand, we align business and supply chain strategies in order to provide solutions. These help our customers maximize profitability and growth by enhancing their ability to source their products, manage their inventory, and deliver finished goods in a timely and cost-effective fashion.
We design the optimal configuration for our customers’ supply chains by specifying the ideal number and location of Distribution Center (DC) facilities and transport networks that connect product supply points and market demand. We address issues such as the value of logistics hubs as an alternative to direct deliveries from plants to markets and identifying the best distribution channels for particular products and choosing the best ports of exit and entry for international shipments. Benefits include optimized inventories to match supply with demand, reduced inventory holding costs and risks, and minimized costs of order fulfillment, warehousing, port and shipping, inland transportation, and business tax.
Applications:
Supply chain cost evaluation of product sourcing alternatives
Plant facilities location and capacity planning
Location and sizing of DC and international hub facilities
Optimal assignment of DCs to serve market areas and customer channels
Transport network design and delivery strategies
Feasibility analysis of cross-docking solutions
Inventory positioning to balance cost and risks of demand fulfillment
Carbon footprint analysis of alternative supply chain network designs
Assessment of cost and service level impacts of changes in market demand, labor cost, fuel prices and transport capacities
Development of capacity expansion strategies to support market growth
Supply chain risk assessment