Introduction
A Supply Chain Optimization Report will produce an overview of the supply chain for a specified product, information such as inventory and lead times can be reviewed and areas of improvement identified.
Overview
Open, setup and review a Supply Chain Optimization Report.
Data for your supply chain must have been imported to Makersite and mapped to your products before the report will be useful.
Step 1
Navigate to the 'Pivot Manager' in the 'Business' section of the 'Makersite apps' on the Makersite Dashboard.
Then scroll down and select 'Supply Chain Optimization Report' from the list.
Step 2
Type the name of the Product Group you would like to base the report on in the 'Product' field in the Information and Tools panel to the right of the page.
For this example we will use the 'Ball Pen' Product Group.
There are three additional fields to be filled in:
Demand:
This sets the number required of the selected Product Group being analyzing. For this example we require 10,000 Ball Pens to be produced.
Optimization Key:
This sets the focus of the optimization. There are three option, 'Total Cost', Delivery Time', and 'Climate Change'. If the primary concern with your supply chain is to improve its climate impact, then you would set the Key to 'Climate Change'.
Exclude Site:
The name of a Site in Makersite can be added here to exclude it from the results. A Site is a physical manufacturing or factory facility, Makersite includes a Site database, any additional or organisation specific Sites can be added manually by going to the 'Compose' page and selecting 'Site' from the 'Makersite Data Objects'.
Save Report: When ticked, will not create the report on the Makersite page, instead an email will be sent to the address associated with the active Makersite account being used to indicate when the report is ready for use.
Step 3
Once the Product Group is set, and any options that are required are ticked, you can then click on the blue 'Create' button in the bottom right corner of the Information and Tools panel.
If 'Save Report' is not ticked, the report will load on the page.
With the report created the whole grid view can be exported by right clicking and selecting 'Export to...' and choosing which format to export to from the list.
For more information please see the Pivot Functionality article on the Makersite FAQ pages.