| Key Benefits |
| Improve service levels |
- Cope effectively with high demand variability, intermediate product lead times
- Manage promotions and seasonality with respect to available capacity and inventory
- Reduce stock-outs
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| Control costs |
- Reduce the costs of goods sold (COGS) through reductions in raw material usage, waste, changeovers and buffer inventory
- Increase return on assets through improved operational efficiency and throughput
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| Improve quality |
- Efficiently schedule cleaning and sterilization procedures based on multiple rules
- Effectively manage batching policies and traceability
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| Improve scheduling flexibility |
- Manage tanks and equipment connections
- Manage cleaning and sterilization rules and cleaning equipment
- Manage intermediate products, co-products and by-products
- Manage shelf life and maturation time
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| Identify opportunities |
- Identify bottlenecks
- Perform sensitivity analysis by creating and comparing scenarios
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