Supply Chain Design and Decision Intelligence for Consumer Products

Design agile, cost-effective supply chains for fast-moving consumer products. Balance freshness, compliance, and service with efficiency to meet market volatility and seasonal demand.

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Resilient, Responsive Supply Chain Design for Consumer Goods

  • Strategically position plants and DCs near demand centers
  • Optimize inventory by segment, shelf-life, and cold chain requirements
  • Design dual-sourcing and co-manufacturing models for agility and risk mitigation
  • Model production shifts around ingredient availability and seasonality
  • Enable cross-docking, load consolidation, and flexible transportation flows

Smarter Supply Chain Decisions from Factory to Shelf

  • Plan for seasonal spikes, promotions, and regional demand patterns
  • Evaluate centralized vs. decentralized DC strategies
  • Balance OTIF service targets with cost and carbon emissions
  • Simulate network designs using digital twins and AI forecasting
  • Ensure traceability, regulatory compliance, and waste reduction
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“Supply chain design with Optilogic allows us to model out what good operational efficiencies look like so we can make more informed decisions about our business, both from a strategic and a tactical perspective.”

Nick Dodson

SR Manager of Network Optimization, Reddy Ice

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Solutions for Distribution and Logistics

See how Optilogic helps you optimize cost, service, and risk across your entire supply chain.

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Returns and Reverse Logistics

Design a streamlined reverse logistics process for convenient returns, reduced environmental impact through responsible product handling, and recaptured value from returned goods.

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Mode Selection and Shipping Frequency

Choose the right transportation mode—truck, rail, air, ocean—and frequency to optimize delivery times, control freight expenses, and align with sustainability goals.

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Omnichannel strategy

Align inventory, fulfillment, and delivery processes across online, in-store, and mobile channels to deliver a consistent brand experience and drive revenue growth and cost efficiency.

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Warehouse Locations

Properly locate warehouses to reduce shipping distances, serve customers faster, and adapt to regional demand fluctuations for a competitive edge and cost savings.

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Inventory Positioning and Policies

Strategic placement of stock across the network and clear policies can reduce stockouts and shipping delays, excessive holding costs, and obsolescence.

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Demand Modeling

Model demand patterns with precision to anticipate customer needs, align inventory and production decisions, and optimize service levels while reducing costs across sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution.

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Multi-stop Routing Strategy

Consolidate loads and structure efficient routes to minimize distances traveled, reduce fuel consumption, and maximize utilization of transportation assets. Optimize fleet mix and balanced scheduling.

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Tactical Route Planning

Empowers logistics teams to model and optimize delivery routes, modes, and frequencies at a granular level—reducing freight costs, consolidating loads, and improving service while adapting quickly to demand and disruption.

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Emissions Reductions

Evaluate optimizing routes, adopting cleaner modes of transport, and using fuel-efficient vehicles to enhance brand reputation, ensure regulatory compliance, and lower energy costs.

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Partner (3PL/4PL) Selection Support

Choose the right logistics partners to enhance operational flexibility, reduce costs, and free up internal resources to focus on core competencies.

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Solutions for Manufacturing

Optimize your global production footprint, balance costs and capacity, and adapt quickly to shifting demand with smarter manufacturing decisions.

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Production Footprint Capacity Optimization

Anticipate demand shifts, avoid bottlenecks, and ensure sufficient production capability. Maximize equipment and infrastructure to drive down unit costs, boost profitability, and adapt to fluctuating demand.

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CapEx Planning

Determine where and how much to invest in facilities, equipment, and technology. Balance immediate operational needs with longer-term business objectives, ensuring optimal returns, risk mitigation, and alignment with corporate growth plans.

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Factory Locations

Strategically siteplace plant locationsts to reduce shipping distances, meet local regulations, and tap into skilledd labor pools.

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New Product Introduction

Project how adding new products may affect manufacturing lines and resource usage. Analyze ramp-up rates and production volumes for smoother and more cost-effective launches.

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Production Allocation Planning

A well-considered allocation strategy can balance capacity loads, minimize logistics costs, and reduce the impact of disruptions, leading to a more resilient supply chain.

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Make vs. Buy

Compare the total cost of in-house production against outsourcing under various market, volume, and capacity conditions. Support strategic decisions that consider cost, flexibility, and speed to market.

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Dynamic Production Scheduling

Simulate scheduling scenarios to rapidly evaluate how changes in demand, minimum lot sizes, product yield rates, production rates, or changeovers affect KPIs.

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Inventory and Material Flow Optimization

By modeling changes in batch sizes, reorder points, and safety stocks, teams can identify the most efficient ways to balance holding costs, material availability, and service levels.

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Capacity and Product Optimization for Repack Items

Reduce bottlenecks, minimize waste, and improve turnaround times by optimizing facility layouts, labor allocation, and inventory staging for repack operations to meet customer demand quickly.

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Solutions for Network Strategy

Design flexible, cost-efficient networks that adapt to tariffs, growth, and global market shifts.

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Tax and Tariff Optimization

Optimize supply chain flows and network footprints in response to tax or tariff changes to minimize costs, ensure compliance, and maintain competitiveness in global markets

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M&A or Divestiture Analysis

Mergers and acquisitions and divestitures can reshape a company’s supply chain and market reach. Analyze these moves to ensure operational compatibility, uncover cost synergies, and identify areas where restructuring or integration can create competitive advantages

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Evaluate Low-Cost Sourcing vs. Nearshoring

Find the balance between low-cost sourcing versus nearshoring by evaluating the trade-offs of cost, end-to-end lead times, risks, and service levels - to enable more agile and informed decisions.

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Growth Strategies

Identify new market opportunities, scaling production and distribution capacity, and forming partnerships that expand a company’s footprint.

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Network Tactical Planning

Leverage the power of strategic design to power your tactical planning decision processes. Leverage SKU level models to evaluate scenarios in the war room to determine action plans.

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Solutions for Sourcing and Procurement

Build smarter sourcing strategies that balance cost, risk, and resilience while optimizing supplier networks and inventory policies.

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Sourcing Footprint Analysis

Weigh cost, lead times, and risk across global, regional, and local sourcing. Compare nearshoring, offshoring, multi-supplier diversification, or regional consolidation—balancing lower costs against higher risk and complexity.

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Supplier Risk Mitigation

Optilogic scenarios deliver risk scores and customizable profiles, enabling you to quantify regional vulnerabilities, model supplier disruptions, and prioritize critical risks like climate, complexity, and geography.

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Inventory Positioning and Policies

Ensure inventory levels align with business objectives while mitigating risk. SKU-level modeling eliminates aggregation, enabling precise policies that reduce stockouts, holding costs, and waste for both long term strategic planning and near-term tactical planning.

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Dynamic Supplier Pricing Scenarios

Test how negotiations around raw material pricing, minimum order quantities, delivery agreements, and percentage allocation for different suppliers’ policies impact the portfolio’s profitability.

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Solutions by Industry

Explore tailored solutions for every industry — from manufacturing and retail to life sciences and energy — designed to optimize cost, service, and resilience across the entire supply chain.

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Consumer Products

Boost resilience and agility across your consumer products supply chain — from factory to shelf — with smarter decisions that balance cost, service, and sustainability.

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High Tech

Accelerate innovation and resilience in high-tech supply chains with smarter sourcing, planning, and fulfillment strategies built for complexity and speed.

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Industrial

Accelerate innovation and resilience in high-tech supply chains with smarter sourcing, planning, and fulfillment strategies built for complexity and speed.

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Life Sciences

Design resilient, compliant supply chains that safeguard critical therapies and accelerate life sciences innovation.

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Logistics

Optimize logistics networks end-to-end — from fulfillment and transportation to sustainability and scalability.

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Energy, Oil & Gas

Balance safety, efficiency, and sustainability while optimizing complex energy and oil & gas supply chains.

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Retail

Design agile omnichannel networks that balance cost, speed, and sustainability across retail supply chains.

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Solutions by Role

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Supply Chain Executives

Drive ROI, resilience, and long-term value with data-driven supply chain decisions.

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Consultants

Accelerate client projects with our scalable platform solution.

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Supply Chain Modelers

Quickly build, test, and refine supply chain scenarios with our intuitive cloud-based platform.

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Data Scientists

Seamlessly connect and analyze supply chain data - unlock deeper insights and smarter supply chain decisions.

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Supply Chain Planners

Get fast, optimized answers for even the trickiest tactical planning decisions.

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