Supply Planning

Calculate daily & weekly net replenishment requirements and recommend prioritized distribution actions that satisfy vendor constraints such as batch sizes and transportation preferences
Automatically generate an efficient multi-location distribution plan
Automatically create replenishment orders into the ERP after cross-checking the business rules and authorizations
Provide a traceable log mechanism to override replenishment recommendations or the distribution plan
Automatically create and report supply plan exceptions
Tie inbound transportation and purchasing actions to manufacturing plans

Solvoyo believes in mutually beneficial customer-supplier relationships. To that end, the Solvoyo platform can be used for automating a VMI planning process:

Automated data exchange and collaboration capabilities
Automated forecast generation and replenishment calculations
Exception-based planning in which the VMI plan is filtered through business rules

Most VMI programs fail due to insufficient attention to VMI operating parameters that guide the contract terms:

Secure data exchange mechanism (e.g., EDI, API, XML, DB-to-DB)
Product ownership, insurance, and payment terms (e.g., upon sale, periodic)
Collaboration type (e.g., requires approval, fully autonomous replenishment)
KPIs to measure success (e.g., inventory investment, supplier performance)
Solvoyo platform also allows you to evaluate the contract terms through quantitative models and come up with a mutually beneficial VMI program.

Whatever the industry is, in addition to managing day-to-day replenishment buys, the purchasing and procurement functions contribute to a company’s profitability with strategic and tactical buys. Solvoyo’s platform will allow you to manage strategic and tactical buys and evaluate the Total Cost and Service consequences of your choices:
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Strategic buys to execute a competitive move
Tactical buys due to quantity discounts
Tactical one-time buys for promotion support
Spot buys due to unusual supplier discounts

Whether for direct or indirect purchases, the Solvoyo platform will take you very far towards autonomous purchase order management:
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Calculate daily & weekly net PO requirements and recommend POs that satisfy vendor constraints such as minimum buys, batch sizes, and transportation preferences
Automatically consolidate multi-location POs for purchasing efficiency
Automatically load POs into the purchasing system after cross-checking the business rules, pricing policies, and authorizations
Provide a traceable log mechanism to override PO recommendations
Automatically create and report supply plan exceptions

Today’s highly competitive world provides many options for strategic sourcing of goods, materials, and services. Furthermore, outsourcing of non-core functions in retail, e-commerce, and CPG companies is always on the table for discussion. Solvoyo’s analytics toolkit and highly flexible optimization engine will allow you to build a quantitative basis for strategic sourcing decisions. Examples:

Make or buy
Strategically select suppliers across the globe
Allocate long-term purchases among suppliers to minimize risk
Outsource/insource distribution infrastructure to 3PL
Outsource/insource fulfillment & transportation to 3PL
Outsource/insource manufacturing