What it is

As a manufacturer with a complex, multi-site operation, knowing for certain that your entire supply chain is serving customers at the least possible cost can be a challenge. If you optimize all aspects of your supply chain—including manufacturing, transportation, inventory and purchasing—in a holistic manner you can ensure your customers' expectation are met at the least cost to your organization.

Infor Advanced Planning helps you:

• Plan your production, procurement, and transportation plans across multiple sites at the same time.
• Balance product mix capability with profitability.
• Consider shelf-life constraints in build-ahead strategies.
• Choose the best product recipe or formula based on material availability, quality, and demand.
• Provide ATP and CTP answers to your customers' demand.
• Understand in real-time the impact of changes in your supply chain such as a down production line or increase in demand.

With Advanced Planning you get capabilities for:

• Optimization—Holistically analyze production capacities, transport routes and capacities, labor capacities and skills, and alternative sourcing options to maximize resource utilization, minimize total supply chain cost, and synchronize production and demand.
• Scenario modeling—Model and compare strategies and budgets for inventory management, internal sourcing, workforce deployment, and other factors to decide whether to make or buy product to meet demand.

The result: You produce an efficient, profitable supply chain that makes trade offs in production, transportation, material, and procurement to deliver the optimal plan for your business.