Usiminas Selects Optilogic to Drive Supply Chain Excellence
Usimina’s Supply Chain Organization will leverage Optilogic Cosmic Frog to enhance the performance and resilience of its supply chain and empower business users to make better informed decisions at the speed of business
[ANN ARBOR, MI – November 20, 2024] The leading supply chain design software innovator Optilogic today announced a strategic partnership with Usiminas. The partnership will empower Usiminas stakeholders in Brazil to evaluate cost, service, risk, and sustainability trade-offs of supply chain design decisions in a cloud-native flexible environment.
Usiminas’ Supply Chain Organization will leverage Optilogic’s groundbreaking innovations to build a world class supply chain design and optimization capability. The collaboration between modelers and across business users will unlock significant value for the company and its customers.
“We are excited to leverage Cosmic Frog as a technology catalyst to drive better informed business decisions faster. We are committed to deploying best-of-breed solutions to become even more sophisticated in managing our supply chain, ultimately driving supply chain excellence at scale,” said André Alves de Souza e Silva, IT Director at Usiminas.
Usiminas will leverage the cloud-native Cosmic Frog supply chain design solution to deploy innovations, including extending design technology to business users via Excel integration and support unique use cases that could accelerate and expand Usiminas’ supply chain performance.
“Our relationship with Usiminas is further evidence of our commitment to innovations that drive tangible value and to the Brazilian market. We are excited to deploy the world’s best technology and most experienced supply chain experts towards making Usiminas a fantastic success. We are confident that our journey will lead to higher performance, collaboration, and supply chain excellence for Usiminas.” said Max Mascarenhas, VP of international business for Optilogic.
For more information, visit www.usiminas.com/en and www.optilogic.com.
About Optilogic
Optilogic offers cloud-native supply chain design solutions that enable businesses to evaluate trade-offs across financial performance, service levels, and systemic risk to design resilient supply chains even in the most dynamic, challenging environments. Its Cosmic Frog supply chain design solution tackles enterprise data at scale, runs models faster than ever, automatically converts legacy models, and requires no IT footprint. Cosmic Frog is the only supply chain design platform to combine optimization, simulation, and risk engines, and includes a risk score on every scenario. Solutions include network design, intelligent greenfield analysis and site selection, M&A analysis, near-shoring/reshoring, CapEx planning, cost-to-serve, product flow, and many more. Stay in touch with Optilogic on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube and visit www.Optilogic.com.
About Usiminas
Usiminas operates in the Brazilian flat steel market, with industrial and logistical units located in four states across the country. The company is integrated throughout the steel production chain—from mining and steel production to transforming it into customized products and capital goods for various markets, with a strong focus on the automotive sector.
It currently houses the largest Research and Development Center in the steel industry in Latin America. Due to its environmental management efforts, Usiminas was the second steel company globally to achieve ISO14001 certification. The company also contributes to community development in the regions where it operates through the Usiminas Institute and the São Francisco Xavier Foundation, offering projects in health, education, and culture.
Learn more at www.usiminas.com