Tactical Planning
To create a highly-efficient service operation, managers need the ability to see – and coordinate – the various parts of the process, as well as know what customers are likely to need, and when. Without visibility into the entire service supply chain, and lacking the ability to predict what parts are likely to be needed where, service managers make their best calls about what parts to stock, and then scramble to expedite inventory to meet expected requirements. The result, typically, is higher inventory levels, higher costs – and often, less satisfied customers.
By helping companies allocate resources within the distribution network, manage relationships with suppliers and repair providers, and balance excess inventory through transshipments between locations, SPO™Tactical Planning is perfectly suited to overcome the challenges of supply chain coordination and help companies reap greater rewards from their service operations.
Capabilities
SPO Tactical Planning takes the time-phased demand plan, service targets and optimal inventory positioning from SPO Strategic Planning and generates optimal new buy, repair, transshipment, and allocation orders to meet service level objectives at the lowest possible order cost. SPO Tactical Planning provides the following capabilities:
- Customizable views by planner to manage daily work
- Full lifecycle management from initial provisioning to end-of-life buys
- Rebalancing of inventory from excess to shortage locations at minimal cost, respecting tariff and geographic constraints
- Chaining and supersession logic incorporated in all order recommendations
- Automated or user-defined approval workflow across planning theaters within the organization and to external trading partners
- Prioritizes all orders and expedites using a risk-based approach that optimizes tradeoff of stockout risk and logistics cost
- Sourcing decision support to determine best source of supply
- Incorporate demand for scheduled maintenance events as well as unplanned failures
- Collaboration and approval across internal organizations and outside the enterprise with secure access customizable by user