ANN ARBOR – Supply chain software designer Llamasoft will introduce on Sept. 24 multi-objective optimization technology, a feature of Supply Chain Guru 8.0, that helps businesses analyze the trade-offs between multiple supply chain objectives.
Often multiple competing goals drive supply chain design. Multi-objective optimization is an integrated tool within LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru supply chain modeling software that allows users to quickly view the trade-offs between these objectives in order to select the best solution. Multi-objective optimization quickly presents an automated, big-picture view of possible choices, enabling users to optimize the supply chain with a broad view of business goals, Llamasoft said in a press release.
Using a simple user interface, the tool automates the analysis of trade-offs across 19 available objectives. Multi-objective optimization automatically optimizes to and provides insight into any two best solutions, such as lowest cost and best service, then quickly presents the trade-off analysis between the two. Useful in any supply chain decision with more than a single objective, the tool builds a trade-off curve allowing analysts to visualize the interaction and span between different options and more efficiently move to detailed scenario analysis.
?In the real world there are many business objectives besides cost,? said Toby Brzoznowski, Executive Vice President of LLamasoft. ?LLamasoft?s multi-objective optimizer not only automates and streamlines trade-off analysis, but also provides a simple workflow and allows users to easily identify any point on the curve for a full scenario analysis.?
