Optilogic News

The leading supply chain design software innovator  Optilogic, and Gurobi, the leader in decision intelligence technology, have announced an extended partnership. The two companies are collaborating on exciting new ways MILP (mixed integer linear programming) and AI can be used to solve the biggest, most complicated supply chain problems. 

Success in supply chain design doesn’t require a big investment or huge internal infrastructure. Instead, the focus should be on supply chain design throughout the organization.

BASF’s Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence & Performance Organization will leverage Optilogic Cosmic Frog to test robustness of future supply chain designs and empower business users.

New Cosmic Frog Companion Apps enable designers to deploy Cosmic Frog to Microsoft Excel and mobile applications to answer unlimited supply chain questions in a self-serve environment.

With elections in roughly 50 countries worldwide and U.S. voting day right around the corner, supply chain executives must understand how major shifts in trade policies could impact their operations. Here are some tactics for using supply chain design to prepare for election outcomes.

Rebecca Janowiak of Optilogic named recipient of 2024 Women in Supply Chain Award. Award honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network.

Taking a truly proactive approach to supply chain design that enables sustainability and profitability is easier today than ever before thanks to solutions that can model sustainability risk factors and evaluate. Gain insights from Optilogic’s VP Business Development, John Ames Jr.

The leading supply chain design software innovator Optilogic today announced Cosmic Frog has been selected as winner in the Risk Management Innovation of the Year category by SupplyTech Breakthrough Awards. 

By using Cosmic Frog General Motors can analyze its end-to-end supply chain network at part level and run live test scenarios.

Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics named Optilogic and customer Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) as winners of this year’s Top Supply Chain Projects award.

The leading supply chain design software innovator Optilogic is working with Castrol, one of the world’s leading lubricant brands. Optilogic will provide its proprietary software, services, and in-depth expertise in supply chain design to support Castrol in optimizing its global supply chain network. 

Significant updates in Cosmic Frog allow for more accurate multi-stop route design with realistic business constraints like time windows and hours of service.

From large consulting firms to one-person shops, Optilogic Cosmic Reach is the turnkey solution to grow supply chain design consulting practices.

The leading supply chain design software innovator Optilogic  announces its annual user conference, OptiCon 2024, featuring supply chain design solution training, focused breakout sessions and customer case studies from industry giants Coca-Cola, Gerdau, and Whirlpool.

The leading supply chain design software innovator Optilogic today announced its Vice President of Professional Services Mark Outslay and Deputy Head of Corporate Logistics Department for Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Evrim Ertugrul will present on supply chain design at the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™.

Henkel´s Adhesive Technologies business unit will leverage Optilogic’s Cosmic Frog supply chain network optimization and simulation to test future supply chain designs and improve its overall competitive advantage.

John Ames Jr. has been a proactive advocate for supply chain design, working with Optilogic to emphasize the importance of evaluating cost, service, risk, and sustainability trade-offs of future supply chains.

In a global M&A market that even experts describe as unpredictable, this is certain: Deal velocity will ramp up again, and when it does, preparedness is the difference between champagne toasts and failure.

For companies with a physical supply chain, network design is the secret weapon dealmakers use to rapidly evaluate the cost, service and risk trade-offs of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures — before investing a dime.

Donald Hicks, Founder and CEO of Optilogic, joins to discuss the state of the supply chain industry and how now is the time to shift out of a ‘reactive’ mode and into a ‘proactive’ and forward-thinking system of operations.

The time for pandemic-era thinking is over. This will be the year of strategic supply chain design — but companies must be shrewd in their technology and vendor selection.

Following are six predictions for the new era of strategic supply chain design in 2024.

Interceramic will leverage Optilogic Cosmic Frog’s robust supply chain network optimization and inventory simulation to improve customer satisfaction and its overall competitive advantage

Mexico’s largest lime producer Calidra will use Cosmic Frog to coordinate logistics between multiple production sites in Mexico and Latin America as well as operations in the United States.

Supply chain design software innovator Optilogic today announced it has acquired INSIGHT, a software provider with a formidable history of more than 40 years in the supply chain design space serving some of the most illustrious companies in the world.

By using Cosmic Frog, the most powerful supply chain design solution on the market, the North American poultry leader will ensure ongoing excellence in delivering fresh, quality products to customers.

Gerdau Long Steel North America (Gerdau) has chosen Optilogic as its provider for supply chain design solutions. Gerdau will use Optilogic’s next-generation cloud-native technology, Cosmic Frog, to support its S&OP process, as well as to deploy intelligent continuous design to build a more flexible, resilient, yet performance-driven supply chain.

This award spotlights top software and technology startups in the supply chain and logistics space.   

Supply chain design software innovator Optilogic is once again leap-frogging the competition by introducing Cosmic Frog “Hopper”, automated transportation route optimization built into its Cosmic Frog supply chain design solution.

[ANN ARBOR, MI] – October 5, 2023 – Supply chain network design software innovator, Optilogic...

Supply chain network design software innovator, Optilogic, is making true large-scale sensitivity analysis possible with Sensitivity at Scale, which runs hundreds or thousands of sensitivity scenarios in parallel with a single click.

Rebecca Janowiak was named as one of the winners of this year’s Women in Supply Chain Award, which honors female supply chain leaders and executives whose accomplishments, mentorship and examples set a foundation for women in all levels of a company’s supply chain network.

Supply chain network design software innovator, Optilogic, has secured funding from new partners Augment Ventures and Beringea and existing investors MK Capital and Multiverse Investments. The funding supports Optilogic’s rapid growth and makes a new era of supply chain design a reality.

Supply chain network design software innovator, Optilogic, announced today the company was named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Supply Chain Management Solution category in The 20th Annual International Business Awards®. 

Here are 5 of the most impactful supply chain design possibilities made possible by modern cloud technology.

Modeling technologies allow organizations to design a robust supply chain network within an increasingly volatile market as they evaluate CapEx opportunities like mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Planning with supply chain sustainability in mind delivers on the triple bottom line: people, profits, and the planet. Here are five elements to consider when designing a sustainable supply chain.

For years, simulation was dismissed because of performance and memory requirements. Nowadays, those barriers are gone, meaning simulations can be completed at the order and shipment level, allowing businesses to calculate true service rates for proposed supply chain states.

Supply chain network design software innovator, Optilogic, has launched the Frogger Pond supply chain design community, the premier online destination for supply chain design practitioners to share best practices, connect with peers, and provide product feedback. Frogger Pond is accessible via the award-winning cloud-native supply chain network design app Cosmic Frog.

Supply chain network design software innovator, Optilogic, has been shortlisted in the 2023 SaaS Awards program in the category “Best SaaS Newcomer”.    

Now in its 8th year, The SaaS Awards continues to celebrate the ultimate SaaS innovations across the globe. Entries were received from North America, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Australasia.   

Nexterus, a world-class supply chain management and third-party logistics (3PL) services provider, announces a partnership with supply chain design software innovator Optilogic. The Nexterus team will use Optilogic’s Cosmic Frog to design robust supply chains that improve an enterprise’s financial objectives, service levels, and risk.  

Supply chain design software innovator Optilogic today announced personalized risk profiling, available as part of its Cosmic Frog supply chain network design solution. Cosmic Frog is the fastest network design solution and provides a risk score on every scenario to help companies proactively minimize risk and volatility.

OptiCon draws together supply chain design professionals from an array of industries for hands-on product training, customer case studies, personalized advice from experts, focused breakout sessions, and world-class food and entertainment.

Supply chain network design software innovator Optilogic today announced the superiority of its Cosmic Frog supply chain design platform in performance tests compared to competitive solutions. Network design models run in Cosmic Frog saved 40% in run time in aggregate. Intelligent Greenfield analysis also outperformed competitors by an average of 80%, and “Lightning Mode,” a new capability in the newest version of Cosmic Frog slashes model run time by an astonishing 95%.

Supply chain design software innovator Optilogic is proud to announce that Optilogic Vice President of Product Management Rebecca Janowiak is one of the winners of the 2023 “Pros to Know” by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine. This award recognizes outstanding executives whose accomplishments offer a roadmap for other leaders looking to leverage supply chains for competitive advantage.

PECO uses advanced modeling and cost analysis tools to optimize pallet depot operations, improve network efficiency leading to enhanced customer service and reduced supply chain risks.

Led by MK Capital, New Funding Will Accelerate Further Research and Development of Optilogic’s Cloud-Native SaaS Solution

Supply chain design software company Optilogic announced the availability of its converter for Coupa Supply Chain Modeler© which automatically converts Coupa Supply Chain Modeler models to cloud-based Optilogic Cosmic Frog™ models.

Supply chain software company Optilogic announced the general release of its next-generation Cosmic Frog supply chain design software. Cosmic Frog positions Optilogic as a new leader in the supply chain design market by empowering organizations to design supply chain networks in a cloud-native environment.

Supply chain design software company Optilogic announced today that it has officially joined the Supply Chain Risk Management Consortium (SCRM), a coalition of businesses and organizations dedicated to the furthering of identification, assessment, mitigation and management of global supply chain risks.

We’ve assembled a group of experts from the supply chain industry to build out the Professional Services team at Optilogic. Whether you’re a customer, a partner, or a prospective customer, our Professional Services team has the expertise to help you incorporate design thinking and leverage cloud-based solutions for even your most ambitious modeling, optimization, and simulation projects.

Optilogic is pleased to introduce Gurobi to it’s library of accessible solvers. As of today, Optilogic users will now be able to optimize their models using Gurobi’s best in class solver.