The following applications can be implemented as stand alone tactical applications or as an integrated suite of supply chain management solutions across an enterprise. Strategic Planning Strategic Planning supports users at the corporate level by helping management evaluate long-range facility and resource strategies under a variety of demand assumptions and business scenarios. In this role, AspenMIMI is used to develop budgets or plan capital expenditures such as capacity expansions or reductions, including site selection for new manufacturing facilities or distribution centers. AspenMIMI can be used to evaluate the impact of assets obtained through mergers or acquisitions, and optimize a fragmented or inefficient distribution network. Graphical analysis tools are used to study these supply chain restructuring scenarios.
Models consider objective functions such as profitability, costs, service levels and market share.
Other tools are overwhelmed by this amount of data. Managing detailed history provides visibility into demand distribution patterns within forecast periods, which can be an extremely useful input to near-term planning and scheduling. Over 15 statistical forecasting methods are provided. You can use your own forecasting techniques or create one by combining several. Powerful presentation graphics are available to support data visualization and user interactions.