Sustainable advantage through supply chain transformation
Supply Chain Strategy
Supply Chain Planning
We support our clients to improve their integrated planning processes (S&OP), focusing on demand forecasting, production scheduling, and inventory management for smoother operations and better service levels
Supply Chain Logistics
Supply Chain Sustainability
About us
4Supplychain is a consulting, project- and interim management office based in The Netherlands.
Supply chain management is our passion. It is our goal to understand the objectives of our clients in the best possible way, and find solutions that fit best. Our supply chain solutions support your company’s performance and strategic objectives as a whole.
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Optimizing Supply Chain Decision-Making with Linear Programming: Accessible, Efficient, and Proven
In a world of increasing complexity and tighter margins, making optimal supply chain decisions is critical. Traditional decision-making, relying on manual analyses and intuition, often leads to inefficiencies, excessive costs, and unnecessary complexity. However, modern techniques now place the powerful capabilities of Linear Programming (LP) optimization within reach for virtually all organizations, large or small.
Optimizing Demand Planning: From Assessment to Brightening the European Market
A globally operating B2B lighting manufacturer, with its European headquarters in the Netherlands, was struggling with a combination of performance-suppressing factors: high inventory levels, a backlog of undelivered orders, and high logistics costs. The core of the problem consisted of several elements: lack of visibility in demand planning, low maturity of the S&OP process, limited use of the S&OP tool (Optimact), and the need to build up the planning organization.
S&OP development framework
The supply chain is at the top of the agenda of many CEO’s. The disruptive impact of Covid-19, port congestions, the war in Ukraine and inflation have all put reliability of supply in danger. Realism tells us that before trendy concepts such as digitalization, big data, digital twin and artificial intelligence start helping us to overcome these challenges, we need to bring a solid S&OP process into place as a fundament to build advance capabilities upon. This is a step by step guide how to build your S&OP process.
