Supply Chain Modeler (SCModeler)
The most powerful data modeling and optimization software for the analysis, design, and optimization of supply chain networks, logistics processes, and transportation management operations.
SCModeler Feature Highlights
1. The easiest and the fastest mapping tool for geographical objects such as POINT, LINE, REGION, and ROUTE.
- POINT – displaying the locations of suppliers, customers, warehouses, distribution/fulfillment centers, terminals, and ports on a map.
- LINE – displaying the lines representing shipments, orders, parent-child relationship, market coverage and assignment by distribution/fulfillment centers, and any relationship between two geographical locations on a map.
- REGION – displaying the regions representing areas of service, market coverage, or any geographical regions such as county, state, or country.
- ROUTE – displaying the path and the pickup/delivery stop locations of a route.
2. Superior database processing capability
- As easy and intuitive to use as Excel, yet much faster and more powerful than Excel: it processes millions of rows/records of enterprise data in milliseconds, breaking the limit on the number of records in a table by other data processing tools like Excel and Access.
- Fast and easy to perform relational data processing tasks such as joining tables/columns and transferring/copying data from one table to another.
3. Built-in AI and optimization algorithms for supply chain modeling
- Optimizing supply chain network, market coverage, product inventory deployment strategy, order fulfillment optimization, shipment transportation optimization, and service levels measurements, etc.
- Easy to configure business rules and modeling parameters to simulate specific customer environments and requirements.
- Quick dashboard reports and analytics for business performance metrics, KPI reporting, etc., supporting both strategic decision-making and operational processes and executions.
4. Full-fledged macro programming/scripting capability
- Supporting macro programming language similar to VB/VBScript, allowing the user to add/custom new processing logic and business rules to extend the functionality of SCModeler’s built-in functions/algorithms.
- Automating workflows to perform repetitive and time-consuming tasks for data processing and modeling.
- Customizing project menus, pop-up menus, toolbar buttons, macro scripts, maps, and dashboard reports for specific problem-solving scenarios.
- Enabling tight integration with Python, VBScript, and other macro programming applications, as well as the interoperability feature enabling communication with other Windows applications during runtime.
5. Theme/scenario-based, pre-built menus and user interface for non-technical users at the executive Level such as CEO/CFOs, VPs, and directors, so they can easily use mouse-click on the menu to get analytics reports. Typical scenarios include:
- Warehouse/DC/Fulfillment Network Optimization – selecting the right number of distribution/fulfillment centers at the right locations to meet shipping service level requirements with the lowest total costs. (Please watch the video clip below.)
- Product Assortment and Inventory Deployment Optimization – determine the right product mix and inventory deployment at the right locations to maximize sales opportunities and service levels.
- Last Miles Route Optimization – select the right size of the fleet of trucks and drivers to meet shipment pickup and delivery service levels with the lowest total costs.
- LTL Consolidation Optimization – select the right mode (less-than-truckload vs consolidating into truckload) for the shipments to meet delivery service levels at the lowest total costs.