Manufacturing

Challenge

Manufacturing is always at the mercy of demand which can fluctuate, causing planning inefficiencies based around skewed BOM requirements and longer lead times to generate finished goods.

Solution

Slim4 improves forecast accuracy through automated forecasting, ML-enhanced promotion planning, consensus forecasting, and scenario planning, helping to overcome any volatility.

Challenge

Challenges associated with machine capacity and component availability all contribute to an environment of production complexity.

Solution

By knowing what’s needed both downstream and upstream, you can plan everything in the middle with agility and confidence. Slim4 connects long-term component planning with short-term production planning, helping to detect bottlenecks and adjust early.

Challenge

The high cost of materials and inventory, compounded by the rigidity of capital investments, makes it difficult to optimise profit margins.

Solution

Optimise inventory levels and reduce working capital with more precise awareness of what’s needed, where, and when. Slim4 helps to define the Customer Order Decoupling Point and keeps safety stock held at the right level.

Challenge

Legislation can often change in the manufacturing sector, altering the supply landscape quickly and making existing component plans redundant.

Solution

No matter how new the requirements and regulations are, Slim4 pivots plans in real-time to always establish the most cost-effective way to use existing stock and plan for the new norm.

Challenge

Both through the production process and across the supply chain, keeping emissions down is a challenge in industrial settings, and an expectation among legislators and customers.

Solution

Clear, connected visibility across the end-to-end operation allows you to calculate optimal production runs with Economic Order Quantity, reducing handling volumes.

Challenge

An often-global supply network is vulnerable to geopolitical shifts, supply disruptions, material shortages, or even severe weather events. All are difficult to anticipate, and to adapt to at short notice.

Solution

Slim4 not only analyses historical data, but enables you to recalculate new supply plans in real time when conditions or forecasts change. Regardless of the headwinds, your operations and plans can pivot quickly to optimise decisions, always.