Representative work
What these engagements look like from the inside.
Client work is confidential, so these are composites: the situation, the approach, and the kind of result the methods produce, drawn from patterns that recur across engagements.
A note on these figures. Illustrative composites based on common engagement patterns. Figures show the type of outcome these methods target and are not audited results or a promise of comparable performance.
- Network DesignConsumer Packaged Goods
Consolidating a nine site distribution footprint
A network that had grown by acquisition was carrying duplicate coverage in three regions. Optimization showed the footprint could contract without losing next day reach.
- Sites in recommended footprint
- 6Sites in recommended footprint
- Modeled network cost reduction
- 11 to 14%Modeled network cost reduction
- Population within two day reach
- No changePopulation within two day reach
- SimulationRetail and E-Commerce
Sizing an automation investment before signing
A vendor proposal promised throughput that the demand profile never actually required, and understated the staffing needed on the days that mattered.
- Configuration change
- SmallerConfiguration change
- Bottleneck relocated
- Pack and shipBottleneck relocated
- Peak day service confidence
- 95%Peak day service confidence
- ForecastingIndustrial Manufacturing
Forecasting a long tail service parts catalog
Exponential smoothing was being applied uniformly to a catalog where most items moved a handful of times a year, producing confident forecasts of zero.
- Items on a fitted method
- 100%Items on a fitted method
- Manual override volume
- ReducedManual override volume
- Output type
- ProbabilisticOutput type
- InventoryLife Sciences
Releasing working capital without cutting service
Every echelon held a full safety buffer sized against the same demand variability, so the network was paying for the same protection three times.
- Modeled working capital release
- 9 to 13%Modeled working capital release
- Buffer duplication removed
- 2 of 3 echelonsBuffer duplication removed
- Parameter refresh
- QuarterlyParameter refresh
- TransportationFood and Beverage
Rebuilding daily routes around real constraints
A previous routing rollout had been abandoned because the model did not know the rules dispatch actually worked to. This one started with those rules.
- Modeled miles reduction
- 7 to 10%Modeled miles reduction
- Constraint violations
- ZeroConstraint violations
- Dispatcher acceptance
- TrackedDispatcher acceptance
- S&OPDistribution
Turning a monthly meeting into a decision forum
The cycle ran on schedule and produced a deck. It did not produce decisions, because the supply constraint arrived after the room had already agreed.
- Decisions with named owners
- Every cycleDecisions with named owners
- Constraint visibility
- Moved earlierConstraint visibility
- Plan reconciliation
- Single numberPlan reconciliation
Next step
Recognize your situation in one of these?
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