A growth plan may show expected sales without making the related inventory, location, equipment, and cash requirements easy to compare.
Distribution & logistics: test the decision before the commitment.
Distribution businesses manage the relationship between product flow, inventory investment, locations, and cash. Growth can increase throughput while also tying up capital and adding operating costs.
Challenges leaders face
Where plans in distribution & logistics come apart.
- 01Planning product mix, pricing, and throughput together
- 02Balancing inventory availability with working capital
- 03Evaluating new locations and their setup costs
- 04Coordinating equipment, facilities, and treasury decisions
Evaluate alternate growth and operating setups in a company specific model, with projected income, cash flow, and balance sheet effects considered together.
What you can simulate
Connect sector decisions to the company wide picture.
A simulation configured with the activity modules that drive your business and your unique chart of accounts. Compare the alternatives and see the projected effects across operations, investment and finance.
Compare product, service, volume, and margin assumptions
Model inventory and working capital choices alongside operating plans
Explore location and facility changes with their investment needs
Connect equipment and treasury choices to projected cash and financing
Questions to bring to a demo
- Expand throughput or adjust the product mix?
- Change inventory assumptions?
- Add a location or facility?
- Compare equipment and working capital plans?
Examples describe potential applications of customized simulations. They are not prebuilt industry templates or claims of customer results.