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Drive Value Faster with Six Innovative Supply Chain Modeling Tools in Cosmic Frog
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October 9, 2024
Supply chain design is a critical capability for survival in complex and uncertain environments. Unfortunately, analysts using traditional supply chain design solutions often struggle with:
- Too much time spent on baseline modeling and tedious tasks
- Slow model solving and tedious, difficult sensitivity testing
- Steep learning curve and deep technical expertise required
- Time-consuming and difficult model troubleshooting
- Lack of responsive and expert support
The Cosmic Frog supply chain design solution equips businesses with innovative supply chain design tools that enhance efficiency, streamline operations, and foster collaboration. These six modeling tools and resources help any company swiftly build models and analyze results to equip stakeholders with fast answers to tough supply chain questions.
1. Model Assistant
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Success
The Model Assistant acts as your expert consultant, expertly guiding you through the intricate modeling process. This tool streamlines model building, ensuring that no critical steps are overlooked. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced modeler, the Model Assistant empowers you to create robust and accurate models efficiently.
Key Features:
- Step-by-step guidance through the modeling process
- Reduces the learning curve for new users
- Ensures accuracy and completeness in model building
2. Leapfrog AI
Interact with Leapfrog AI for Instant Answers
Imagine querying your supply chain software in plain English or any language and receiving an accurate answer—this is the power of Leapfrog AI. With Leapfrog, anyone can be an expert in SQL data processing.
Leveraging advanced natural language processing (NLP), Leapfrog understands your questions and delivers responses instantly. Whether you’re assessing your capacity to handle a 10% demand increase or pinpointing high-risk facilities, Leapfrog provides real-time insights that empower your decision-making.
Key Features:
- Natural language interaction
- Immediate answers to complex supply chain questions
- Faster results for experienced modelers; easy learning curve for novice users
3. Frogger Pond
Connect, Share, and Learn with the Community
Frogger Pond is more than just a forum—it’s the only dedicated community for supply chain design professionals. This community empowers you to ask questions, share best practices, and connect with peers. Best of all, it’s free for any Cosmic Frog account holder!
Key Features:
- Direct communication with product team to provide feedback
- Community-driven Q&A
- Access to best practices and expert advice
- Fosters collaboration and knowledge sharing
Learn more about Frogger Pond Community
4. Rapid Baselining
Achieve Faster Results with Fixed Constraints
In supply chain design, speed is essential. Baselining is a crucial step in the process and expediting it can lead to faster value realization.
But beware of other solutions that tout rapid baselining without ensuring the digital model is an accurate representation of reality. With Optilogic you can build your baseline supply chain model more quickly–without compromising quality.
To ensure accurate comparisons, it’s essential to establish a baseline model using the same technology you use for scenario modeling and analyses, allowing for an apples-to-apples comparison. For instance, if you establish your baseline with a heuristic, you should apply the same heuristic to evaluate your final optimization results. This ensures that your baseline costs are calculated consistently with your scenario costs.
By utilizing either fixed tolerance or sequential optimization with soft constraints, you can have an optimized reliable and quick to build baseline. This approach ensures that all calculations are performed in the same manner, since they rely on the same analytics.
Key Features:
- Fixed constraints with tolerance
- Faster results without infeasible baselines
- Optimizes current flows efficiently
5. Time-Saving Utilities
Automate Repeatable Tasks for Effortless Efficiency
Repetitive tasks can drain valuable time and resources. Utilities helps you automate these tasks, freeing up your team to focus on more strategic activities. By automating routine processes, you can ensure consistency and accuracy while significantly boosting productivity.
Key Features:
- Automates repeatable tasks
- Increases efficiency and productivity
- Reduces manual errors
6. Pragmatic Infeasibility Analysis
Address Modeling Issues in Seconds
When modeling issues arise, they need to be addressed quickly to avoid delays. Pragmatic Infeasibility Analysis allows you to diagnose and fix these issues in seconds. This tool helps you maintain the integrity of your models and ensures smooth, uninterrupted operations.
Key Features:
- Fast identification and resolution of modeling issues
- Maintains model integrity
- Minimizes downtime and disruptions
Cosmic Frog vs. Traditional Supply Chain Design Solutions
The Evolution of Efficiency
Traditional supply chain design solutions come with limitations such as lengthy scenario run times, limited optimization dimensions, and high IT costs.
Cosmic Frog is different: it offers a cloud-native solution with hyperscale solving power, running hundreds of scenarios in parallel and reducing scenario run times by 94 percent.
How Cosmic Frog Outperforms Traditional Solutions:
- Speed: Scenario run times often reduced by 94 percent
- Advanced Analytics: Cosmic Frog combines multiple solvers such as:
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- Network Optimization
- Greenfield/Center of Gravity
- Discrete Event Simulation
- Inventory Optimization
- Vehicle Route Optimization
- Multi Objective / Sequential Optimization
- Scalability: Run extra-large models and hundreds of scenarios in parallel cloud solving power
- Cost Efficiency: Eliminate high IT infrastructure expenses with a true SaaS solution
- Simplified transition from legacy solutions: Simplified transition and on-boarding process with automated conversion rates and data documenter
Why Choose Cosmic Frog?
Unparalleled Innovation and Community Support
Cosmic Frog is not only about state-of-the-art tools but also about continuous innovation, professional and community support. New features are released continuously, driven by insights from the Community Frogger Pond, Customer Advisory Board, User Forums, and customer interactions. This ensures that Cosmic Frog remains at least 10x more powerful than traditional solutions, offering a forward-thinking approach to supply chain management.