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Supply chain network intelligence & orchestration (1)
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Operating Landscape (2/2)
Many Warehouses hosting
millions of products
100s of thousand Sellers
with their unique working
models
Covering 20k+ pincodes Large Field Force (Delivery
executives, installation
executives, agents)
100s of Partners/Vendors Millions of Packages 1000s of Vehicles carrying
tons of load Crores of Cash & Digital
payments. Adding Petty
cash..
Supply
Volatility
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What can be done better?
AWARENESS -> CONTROL -> INTELLIGENCE. => ORDERLY, PREDICTABLE
- Where should i reserve Inventory in the network?
- When should i release the inventory in the network?
- Should i process real-time (or) batch it?
- What should be the shipment flow path?
- What should i do when there is an exception across the network (external, internal,
customers)?
- When should i initiate a transport connection from hubs?
- What choices or flexibility should i offer to customer?
GUIDING QUESTIONS ?
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Logical view
Demand Prediction Engine
Activities/Process (Lead-Time &
Throughput)
Service Composition & Capacity
Management
Business/Customer Intelligence
Real-time Fulfillment Decisions
Service Offerings & Pricing
Real-time Events/Insights
Network Orchestration
Customer
Choices
Execution
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What is Network Intelligence & Orchestration means?
It’s a Constraint-aware planning system
- that creates profitable distribution decisions with visibility into network wide
inventory & capacity
- iterative planning & execution based on real-time events/disruptions