By enabling dynamic, continuous optimization of supply chain planning targets, SmartOps enterprise software solutions support many initiatives and challenges associated with different manufacturing and distribution industries, from Lean Manufacturing, JIT, and Six Sigma initiatives, to postponement strategies, and to CPFR and S&OP activities.

The SmartOps offerings allow our customers to effectively address the challenges associated with:


Multistage/multi-echelon interdependencies

Inherent supply and demand uncertainties and variability

Inventory planning in the presence of capacity constraints

Increasingly competitive service level and product availability targets

Silo-based planning decisions and data

The different purposes for which inventory is needed in the supply chain

Understanding and managing the many possible drivers of inventory

As a result, our software customers are able to see and understand where the benefits are for their businesses, and they are executing against optimized planning targets to drive revenue improvements and sizable cost reductions.