Companies in the chemical industry continue to face increased pressure to maximize the efficiency of their supply chains.
Though profitability may be high, it is not enough to simply continue with the current formula for manufacturing. Room for improvement always exists and can often lead to considerable gains in customer service levels and increased margins.
Finding ways to deliver expanded product offerings while maintaining or reducing inventory costs can help companies obtain a new level of productivity in their supply chains, giving them the edge over their competition.
To succeed, chemical companies must have the right tools and processes in place to empower supply chain executives with:
- Visibility over inventory positions across the global supply chain
- Enterprise-wide collaboration that involves planners, sales & marketing, suppliers and customers
- Intuitive functionality to support "what-if" scenarios for reacting to unplanned events
- Detailed reporting that exposes anomalies, problems and opportunities for improved operations
- Real-time available-to-promise data in the hands of customer service representatives
WAM Systems is uniquely qualified to deliver innovative solutions to help companies overcome these challenges. We've helped numerous companies adopt new, best-practices operations supported by our Picaso™ solution world-class decision support and optimization tools.
Companies using our solutions enjoy improve profitability, competitiveness and customer service.
The Picaso™ Solution for Chemicals
The Picaso™ Solution provides chemical companies with an enterprise-wide suite of tools that offers many features and benefits, including:
- Support for Product Wheel Optimization
by creating 'what-if' scenarios to evaluate alternative schedule revisions to minimize non-optimal transition penalties
- Dynamic Schedule Optimization
including the automated creation of revised schedules in the face of unplanned disruptions that offer time-critical and cost-effective production runs that address your planned orders while protecting your existing process orders
- Customized Visibility of Inventory Projections Across Multiple SKUs
with detailed drill-down analytics that highlight problem areas and alternate sourcing and distribution options
- Reduced Costs, Increased Margins and Reduced Inventories
through extended visibility over your global supply chain
- Visibility Over Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Solutions
including remote tank level analytics and automated replenishment order generation
Deployed in a suite of interconnected modules that incorporate WAM's industry-leading supply chain methodology, the WAM Picaso™ Solution allows supply chain executives to manage every aspect of their planning operation, including:
- Collaborative Demand Management and Forecasting
- Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)
- Inventory Targeting and Optimization
- Distribution Planning and Scheduling
- Production Planning & Scheduling
- Supply Chain Management and Optimization
- Optimal Policy Setting
- Raw Materials Planning
- Available-to-Promise (ATP) / Capable-to-Promise (CTP) Order Fulfillment Analysis
Chemical Industry Benchmarking
WAM Systems conducts an ongoing series of benchmarking surveys for companies throughout the process manufacturing industry in an effort to assess the overall maturity of supply chain practices. The purpose of these surveys is to help each company compare its supply chain process maturity with that of its industry peers.
Each survey is composed of a telephone interview and final report--loaded with demographic and benchmarking data--and is kept confidential to the participating company. Companies find this analysis useful when there is a desire to confirm
what they perceive to be an industry gap within their current planning processes.
Chemical Industry Best-Practices
Process and Management Consulting
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Process™ is a concise yet thorough analysis of a company's
existing supply chain operation which is designed to help key executives evaluate
the potential for process and technology improvement in a format that
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Supporting WAM's Picaso™ Solution is its unparalleled industry supply chain consulting service, whose leading offering is a multi-faceted analysis and benchmarking study called the WAM-ID Process™.
By using this process, WAM has helped numerous companies discover real value, that can be
quantified and achieved through a tangible roadmap of process improvement and supporting technology implementation.
Learn more about the WAM-ID Process™ and how it can quickly and
easily be launched inside your company to address the concerns and
potential of your supply chain planning organization.
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WAM Systems has been helping companies improve their supply chain operations since 1987. Contact us to discover how we can help your company reach its full potential.
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Successful process improvement begins with an assessment of your current operation. Our benchmarking and consulting services help define areas for improvement and create a roadmap for change.
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