What it Is

Improving your manufacturing speed is just one business fundamental you need to master. To maximize your success over time, you also have to figure out the best location for your manufacturing, distribution, and transportation assets and their capacity. And you have to know when your supply chain is out of sync with current requirements, so you can make the necessary changes before it's too late.

What it Does

Infor SCM Network Design puts you in control of your long-term supply chain strategy. The solution helps you:

  • Determine the optimal facility location and capacity requirements.
  • Determine where and when to make, buy, store, and move product through your network to customers.
  • Evaluate different transportation and inventory strategies.
  • Select the best vendors.
  • Reduce your carbon footprint.

With Infor SCM Network Design, you get tools to design the optimal supply chain network and adapt the network to keep pace with changes in your business. You get capabilities for: 

  • Modeling—Incorporate complex costs, revenues, carbon footprint, and supply chain constraints to model the best manufacturing and distribution network.
  • Optimization—Analyze your environment to determine the optimal number, location, and size of facilities; the right inventory levels; and make the best sourcing decisions possible.

Spotlight: Infor SCM Network Design Demo

See why some of the world’s most recognizable manufacturers, distributors, transporters, and retailers use this supply chain modeling solution.

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What it Means

With Infor SCM Network Design, you'll use your assets better, reduce supply chain costs, decrease cycle times, lower inventory levels, decrease carbon emissions, and enhance customer service.

Testimonial

Infor Network Design will help Linfox reduce energy use by 3%, but the real impact will come from emission reductions within our customers’ supply chain networks.

- Linfox (APAC)

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