Optimizing Techniques –

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 Modeling in Prescriptive Analytics Concept

Model

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Result
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 Prescriptive Analytics in Supply
Chain, an example
• Supply Chain Analytics refers to the improvement in the operational efficiency and
effectiveness by enabling data-driven decisions at
– strategic (≥ 3years to ≤ 5 years),
– operational (≥ 1.5 years to ≤ 3 years),
– and tactical levels (≥ 3 month to ≤ 1.5 years).
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• It encompasses virtually the complete value chain: sourcing, manufacturing,
distribution and logistics.
• Managing the trade-offs of inventory, customer service and costs of supply chain
source, make and deliver needs to be done but the systems are not aligned to help
managers to understand the inter-connectedness.
• While there are dashboards and reports that show the numbers about what is
happening there is no why—the understanding of the inter-related nature of what
is possible based on the potential of the supply chain.

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 The Aggregate Planning Model
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 Requirements
• Forecast Ft for each time period, t in a planning horizon that extends over
time period T
• Production Costs,
– Labour costs – regular time ($/hr) and overtime costs ($/hr)
– Subcontracting cost ($/unit or $/hr)
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• Cost of hiring or layoff of workers ($/worker)
• Cost of adding or reducing machine capacity ($/machine)
– Labour / machine hours required per unit.
– Inventory holding costs ($/unit/period)
– Stock out or backlog cost ($/unit/period)
• Constraints – Limits on all the above

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 Outputs of the Model
• Production quantity from regular time, overtime and
subcontracted (time).
• Inventory held.
• Backlog / stock out quantity.
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• Production Capacity increase / decrease

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 Costs for Red Tomato Tools
Item of Cost Cost

Material Cost $ 10 per unit

Inventory Holding Cost $ 2 /unit/month

Stock-out / backlog cost $ 5 /unit/month

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Layoff Cost $ 500 per worker

Labour hours required 4 hours per unit

Regular time cost $ 4 per hour

$ 4 x 8 hours/day x 20 days = $ 640 per worker

Overtime cost $ 6 per hour

Cost of Subcontracting $ 30 per unit

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 To conclude the difference between Predictive
and Prescriptive (SCA) analytics
• Difference in the Outcome and thus the
Usage of the analysis.
• Predictive analytics provides you the
Raw Material for making informed
Decisions. For e.g. in the field of
aviation, predictive analytics can use the
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potential component failure.
• Prescriptive analytics provides you with
data backed decision options that you
can weigh against each option. In this
case the options to address the
potential component failures (&
thereby selection of the best option)
are made available.

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