Stategic Analysis and Consulting 
In addition to our software deployment services, Optiant also boasts an unparalleled strategic consulting expertise that has worked extensively with Global 2000 customers to deliver tangible results in supply chain design and inventory optimization. Our consulting group works closely with our customers and partners to maximize the impact of the Optiant solution. Transfer of modeling expertise and analytical approaches to strategic supply chain analysis is fundamental to building this core competency within the customer environment.
These engagements typically involve Optiant consultants and customer teams working jointly on strategic analysis and inventory policy projects using PowerChain to:
- Identify opportunities to improve supply chain efficiency and return on invested capital
- Redesign existing processes to drive down cost and improve service levels
- Evaluate alternative supply chain strategies to attain breakthrough improvement in performance
- Identify supply chain best practices for adoption through industry knowledge and experience
- Accomplish knowledge transfer on modeling best practices and analysis methodology
Methodology
A strategic analysis project follows the following methodology:
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Activities
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| Data Collection: |
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- Supply Chan Mapping
- Data collection and validation
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| Build Baseline Model: |
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- Project kickoff and planning
- Data synthesis and validation
- Build baseline model
- Validate supply chain model
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| Optimization and Analysis: |
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- Optimize and validate outputs
- Determine inventory drivers
- Build and evaluate scenarios
- Sensitivity analysis to evaluate cost/service tradeoffs
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| Recommendation: |
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- Interpret and analyze results
- Quantify findings
- Evaluate potential strategies and implementation constraints
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| Rollout: |
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- Implement new strategy
- Monitor results
- Expand analysis to other product lines/businesses
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Strategic Analysis projects can span anywhere from six to ten weeks depending on the scope of the project and specific objectives outlined for the engagement.
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