Planning & Optimization

Integrated Supply Chain Planning Platform - TXTPLAN

TXTPLAN is a complete planning platform. It provides integrated planning of production, procurement, distribution, replenishment and inventory, in both complex and spread out environments.

In a context where outsourcing and delocalization are ever more frequent, TXTPLAN increases the efficiency of business processes and improves visibility over the whole Supply Chain, whilst making it more agile.

Functions

• Production Planning: supports demand planning with respect to existing constraints in terms of capacity, resources and materials. Through an approach that involves algorithms and simulations, the planner can produce a feasible and optimized production plan.
• Procurement Planning: proposes a procurement plan synchronized with the production plan. It supports the planner in the selection of the most suitable supplier and allows for a reduction in purchasing times and total costs.
• Distribution Planning: supports the planning of material flows all along the distribution network, thus helping the planner define which products to allocate to which distribution centers.
• Replenishment Planning: generates replenishment plans for points of sale and secondary warehouses. It elaborates on requests to the distribution centers, focusing on dates and optimal quantities.
• Inventory Planning & Optimization: determines stock management parameters such as safety stock levels.

Benefits

TXTPLAN supports the optimization of company processes by managing their complexity and improving visibility at each stage. It enables companies to manage a more demand-driven and efficient Supply Chain.

• Improved customer service levels.
• Reduced stocks for finished products, components and raw materials throughout the Supply Chain.
• Lower production, procurement and distribution costs.
• Leveled load peaks and maximized productivity, taking into account internal and external factors.
• Shorter re-planning times with lower planning-related costs.

Setting up an integrated sales & operations planning process

The combination of planning (TXTPLAN) and demand management (TXTDEMAND) functions allows you to build up an integrated Sales & Operations Planning process in order to co-ordinate sales and production objectives.