You Face
Challenging Questions.
Yet, most decision support means are flawed and provide suboptimal solutions:
Guessing, spreadsheets, AI
Introducing Optimal Answers
Optimal Means
As Perfect As Possible.
Optimal: Decision optimization solutions addressing common problems throughout business, government, and personal lives
Inventory, Procurement, Product Mix, Pricing, Planning, Scheduling...
You do the thinking;
Optimal does the math!
Measurable savings! Improve operations.
Contact Us for a Demo, Trial, or Savings Analysis
What will your savings be?
Simplistically, Optimal replaces flawed, error-ridden, non-optimizing spreadsheets with an easy to use, optimization-driven, database-architecture Decision Optimization system that empowers users to better do their work. Optimal complements other IT systems with its data exchange features and API.
Optimal, a family of Four Core Solutions
Hundreds of derivative applications
Optimal is the name of the family of solutions; individual derivative applications exist by vertical market and problem type for most common decision support needs. Optimal solutions are no-code, packaged, and cloud hosted.
- Optimal Inventory Management & Procurement
- Optimal Product Mix & Pricing (with optional Shipping)
- Optimal Planning & Scheduling
- Optimal Assignment & Selection
OPTIMAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & PROCUREMENT
Optimizes resources planning, including supply chain planning from raw materials through plants, production line, and warehouse to markets and customers, capacity planning including shipping logistics, and production schedules for sequencing events.
The cost of purchase of raw materials or product for resales considering multiple vendors, variations specifications, dates, complex BOMs, and many other factors, considering the cost and limits to materials and other resources and market demands and prices for the products.
- Formula-driven to BOM Generator. Formulas are powerful and flexible rule-driven bill-of-materials generators for products — including those with variable BOMs — that address user-defined specifications of purchased items and end use products.
- Supply and Demand Specifications. Model and database features address (1) multiple suppliers with various costs, specifications, availabilities, available and expiration dates and (2) for all products, what to make or sell, the quantity required, and the required-by dates.
- All Decision Timeframes. Models address decision timeframes for longer term inventory plans by period over weeks or months and for shorter term utilization schedules by day, specific time, or individual batch; applications also address the design of product specification and BOMs.
OPTIMAL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT & PROCUREMENT
Optimal Inventory Management & Procurement applications enable users to save money and improve operations by making minimum cost inventory and procurement decisions by considering the factors that drive costs. Optimal also accelerates product development and design.
- Formula-driven to BOM Generator. Formulas are powerful and flexible rule-driven bill-of-materials generators for products — including those with variable BOMs — that address user-defined specifications of purchased items and end use products.
- Supply and Demand Specifications. Model and database features address (1) multiple suppliers with various costs, specifications, availabilities, available and expiration dates and (2) for all products, what to make or sell, the quantity required, and the required-by dates.
- All Decision Timeframes. Models address decision timeframes for longer term inventory plans by period over weeks or months and for shorter term utilization schedules by day, specific time, or individual batch; applications also address the the design of product specification and BOMs.
OPTIMAL PRODUCT MIX & PRICING
(with Shipping)
Optimal Product Mix & Pricing applications enable users to determine what to buy and what to sell to maximize profit by considering influencing factors on product mix, which increases sales and reduces costs. Optimal Pricing works with Product Mix to determine product prices at various product demands to maximize revenue. The Optimal Shipping option adds distribution plans with truck loading schemes. Optimal generates income statement-styled solutions with supporting detail.
- Inventory Management. Optimal Inventory Management & Procurement features are included.
- Process Steps. Model has sequential, multi-step, assembly and disassembly bill-of-materials rules.
- Maximize Order Fulfillment. Maximize order fulfillment and to build inventory to ship large orders.
- Resource Limits. Apply resource limits that consider supply, labor, processing time, available and expiration dates, inventory capacity, etc.
- Shipping. Shipping features consider rules for supply and demand at various locations by date while complying with transit time, vehicle capacity, etc.
OPTIMAL PRODUCT MIX & PRICING
(with Shipping)
Optimal Product Mix & Pricing applications enable users to determine what to buy and what to sell to maximize profit by considering influencing factors on product mix, which increases sales and reduces costs. Optimal Pricing works with Product Mix to determine product prices at various product demands to maximize revenue. The Optimal Shipping option adds distribution plans with truck loading schemes. Optimal generates income statement-styled solutions with supporting detail.
- Inventory Management. Optimal Inventory Management & Procurement features are included.
- Process Steps. Model has sequential, multi-step, assembly and disassembly bill-of-materials rules.
- Maximize Order Fulfillment. Maximize order fulfillment and to build inventory to ship large orders.
- Resource Limits. Apply resource limits that consider supply, labor, processing time, available and expiration dates, inventory capacity, etc.
- Shipping. Shipping features consider rules for supply and demand at various locations by date while complying with transit time, vehicle capacity, etc.
OPTIMAL PLANNING & SCHEDULING
Optimal Supply Chain Planning applications enable users to determine optimized supply chain plans, capacity plans, and daily schedules (for manufacturing, services, etc.). Optimal Supply Chain Planning is also used to optimize site location and facility rationalization. Optimal Scheduling applications optimize manufacturing and personnel schedules, sequencing events to avoid changeovers, cleanups, etc. Optimal Delivery applications optimize routes for pickup and delivery.
- Planning model. Addresses the entire supply chain considering raw materials or purchases, physical resources (facilities and lines), labor, product distribution to markets and/or customers, and more.
- Scheduling model. Addresses short term schedules (daily or less) to sequence events for minimum cost or time.
- Delivery model. Design route pickup and delivery for one or more vehicles that considers time windows, leg lengths, vehicle capacity, driver hours, load metrics, etc.
OPTIMAL PLANNING & SCHEDULING
Optimal Supply Chain Planning applications enable users to determine optimized supply chain plans, capacity plans, and daily schedules (for manufacturing, services, etc.). Optimal Supply Chain Planning is also used to optimize site location and facility rationalization. Optimal Scheduling applications optimize manufacturing and personnel schedules, sequencing events to avoid changeovers, cleanups, etc. Optimal Delivery applications optimize routes for pickup and delivery.
- Planning model. Addresses the entire supply chain considering raw materials or purchases, physical resources (facilities and lines), labor, product distribution to markets and/or customers, and more.
- Scheduling model. Addresses short term schedules (daily or less) to sequence events for minimum cost or time.
- Delivery model. Design route pickup and delivery for one or more vehicles that considers time windows, leg lengths, vehicle capacity, driver hours, load metrics, etc.
OPTIMAL ASSIGNMENT & SELECTION
Optimal’s Assignment and Selection Solutions provide decision optimization for specialty problems, such as applications for two-party negotiation, asset selection optimization, and project selection
- Specialty Applications. Applications address many unique, specialty problems (inquire through Contact Us).
- Customization. Applications are easy to customize for specific user purposes.
- Objectives. Various applications optimize for minimum cost, maximum profit, and for consumer applications, sometimes maximum fulfillment.
OPTIMAL ASSIGNMENT & SELECTION
Optimal’s Assignment and Selection Solutions provide decision optimization for specialty problems, such as applications for two-party negotiation, asset selection optimization, and project selection
- Specialty Applications. Applications address many unique, specialty problems (inquire through Contact Us).
- Customization. Applications are easy to customize for specific user purposes.
- Objectives. Various applications optimize for minimum cost, maximum profit, and for consumer applications, sometimes maximum fulfillment.
Measurable savings, Typically, 5-10%,
often much more!
What will your savings be?
A Savings Analysis proves your payback.
Savings Analysis Example Report
Contact Optimal Answers to
To obtain additional information about specific applications by vertical market and type of problem.
To perform a Savings Analysis to determine Optimal payback.
To request a Trial.
Contact Optimal Answers to
To obtain additional information about specific applications by vertical market and type of problem.
To perform a Savings Analysis to determine Optimal payback.
To request a Trial.