Take charge of the supply chain
Take charge of the supply chain
September 9, 2008: A new supply chain network optimisation tool is being marketed in Australia, with the launch of ORion-PI by consulting firm GRA.
ORion-PI is used to determine an optimal supply chain network structure and operating policies from a cost, profit and/or service perspective. It assesses the opportunities, risks, feasibility and implications of different supply chain strategies, and can be used to simulate new supply chain models.
It provides audits and benchmarks of supply chain performance and determines the optimal approach for responding to changes such as increased or slowing growth, increasing energy and carbon costs, acquisition of a new business, business disruptions, etc
GRA Partner, Carter McNabb, said:‘GRA recognised the gap in the Australian market for supply chain network optimisation tools. We went through an extensive global review process with fourteen different vendors over a twelve month period in the search of the tool that would deliver the greatest benefit to our clients.’
‘ORion-PI was the stand-out. It was clearly superior to the others because of the quality of solutions and the breadth of the suite. It covers global and local supply chain network optimisation, inventory optimisation, production optimisation, capacity planning and transportation optimisation, and it provides tools for warehouse and distribution centre facility optimisation and design such as dynamic slotting, pick-path optimisation and workforce scheduling.’
‘Much of this technology is new to Australia, and it represents an opportunity for Australian companies to raise the performance bar further. GRA are looking forward to helping our clients deliver superior service, cost and asset efficiency results through the application of the ORion-PI toolset. In the current economic environment, every dollar counts.’
The ORion-PI suite was developed by Axxom Software AG, a leading global organisation based in Germany with certified SAP interfaces and key partnership with universities around the globe. Their clients include Adidas, BASF, BMW, DuPont, GlaxoSmithKline, Avon and Siemens. ORion-PI was recently used to redesign the supply chain of WLS – logistics service provider of McDonald’s Germany and Luxembourg.