Strategic decisions require a process that combines the ability to analyze complex variables and evaluate scenarios for data-driven decision-making. With supply chain tradeoffs becoming more interdependent and manufacturing site changes shifting costs, managing capacity through intuition and excel spreadsheets is, simply put, risky. Because it is critical for sufficient time
Defining the Objective FedEx Office is comprised of nearly 2,200 retail stores, 15,000 employees, 18 commercial print facilities, and a nationwide transportation fleet. Tom DeGreve, Managing Director of Production Strategy & Engineering for FedEx Office, supported by advisement from Pierre Mawet, Managing Director of Supply Chain & Operations at Accenture
Underlying Technology in Digital Planning Twins From a technology perspective, a Digital Planning Twin is a constraint-based digital representation of an enterprise’s full value chain – including all commercial, operational, and financial components. Its cloud-based architecture ensures security and scalability, while no-code implementation and pre-built templates get businesses up and
A production planning and control definition has two elements:
While the most common use of capacity planning is to schedule production capability to meet short- and medium-term demand, it’s also an important element of long-term strategic and organizational planning.
Similar to the phrase ‘a guy goes into a bar,’ the concept of delivering profit across the entire product portfolio can seem like a punchline when it comes to rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP). Isn’t rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP) about meeting demand at the lowest cost?
