Supply Chain Case Studies

Business-focused studies generated from the simulation engine. Each case is written from a planning decision perspective, with explicit assumptions, observed trade-offs, and measurable KPI impact.

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Case Study 1: The Cost of Time
How lead-time structure shapes inventory, capacity, and service economics
Decision question

Where should the network invest to improve service economics: more inventory, more capacity, or shorter lead times?

Scope

A multi-echelon network tested across lead-time profiles, capacity multipliers, and demand families, with results read through service, required coverage, total cost, and upstream cost burden.

Top result

Lead-time structure dominates the economics: capacity trims coverage needs at the margin, but shorter lead times shift the entire cost-service frontier and reduce the inventory burden most visibly.

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Planned topics

Stock allocation under shortage, forecasting under demand distortion, and inventory policy comparison under service-level constraints.