OPTANO Insights: Planning, Analytics and Best Practices

Practical articles on supply chain, prescriptive analytics and OR. How companies can improve their planning in a measurable and data-based way with OPTANO.

OPTANO Insights: Planning, Analytics and Best Practices

Practical articles on supply chain, prescriptive analytics and OR. How companies can improve their planning in a measurable and data-based way with OPTANO.

Insights: Inventory and Production Planning in Chemicals

How chemical companies better balance service, inventory, and production, and why Excel reaches its limits with integrated inventory and production planning.

Insights: Production Allocation in Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

Why multi-site planning in chemistry and pharmaceuticals is more than just shifting quantities and why Excel reaches its limits for cross-plant production decisions.

Interview: Excel Works... Until It Doesn't

Excel remains the central tool for planning in many companies. However, with increasing complexity, it is increasingly reaching its limits. In the interview, we talk about how to recognize this, why „functioning“ is not the same as „optimal,“ and how planning is fundamentally changing today.

Insights: Scenario-based replanning

When demand, capacities, or material availability change, Excel quickly reaches its limits in production planning. This article shows how pharmaceutical and chemical companies can set up replanning in a more resilient, faster, and more transparent way.

Interview: Dynamic network realignment of volatile supply chains

Supply chains today are under constant pressure of uncertainty, while established network structures are increasingly reaching their limits. The interview shows why traditional planning approaches are no longer sufficient and how companies can make better decisions.

Insights: Planning Governance and Transparency

Planning rarely fails due to data—but rather due to inconsistent decision-making logic. The article shows why spreadsheet-based planning reaches its limits and how mathematical optimization helps to make complex decisions consistently and reliably.

Insights: Inventory and Production Planning in Chemicals

How chemical companies better balance service, inventory, and production, and why Excel reaches its limits with integrated inventory and production planning.

January 16, 2026

Inefficiency in distribution

Rising customer expectations, volatile markets and growing demand are challenging distribution. Operational measures alone are often not enough to eliminate long-term inefficiencies.

January 12, 2026

Firefighting in the supply chain

Machine breakdowns, delivery delays or plant closures are everyday occurrences in supply chains. Many companies still react improvised, manually and with little transparency.

September 1, 2025

Optimization instead of standstill

Global supply chains, volatile markets and rising costs are putting a strain on inbound logistics. Excel is no longer enough - modern optimization creates transparency and security of supply.

August 22, 2025

Rhythm Wheel based production planning

Rhythm-based production planning creates stability, reduces costs and brings calm to complex production processes.

Trade-offs as a challenge

For companies, trade-offs are an everyday reality and a challenge that needs to be mastered.

February 27, 2026

Interview: Optimization of transport networks

This interview with our experts shows why rising cost pressure and increasing complexity make structural optimization of transport networks necessary and what concrete potential this offers.

January 26, 2026

Complex CEP transport networks

How a data-driven proof of concept can identify short-term linehaul cost savings of ~5-10% - laying the foundation for holistic network optimization.

December 9, 2025

Mathematical optimization for the parcel industry

The peak season for parcel services begins with the holidays. Shipment volumes rise sharply, while customers expect particularly fast and punctual deliveries right now.

Insights: Inventory and Production Planning in Chemicals

How chemical companies better balance service, inventory, and production, and why Excel reaches its limits with integrated inventory and production planning.

Insights: Production Allocation in Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

Why multi-site planning in chemistry and pharmaceuticals is more than just shifting quantities and why Excel reaches its limits for cross-plant production decisions.

Interview: Excel Works... Until It Doesn't

Excel remains the central tool for planning in many companies. However, with increasing complexity, it is increasingly reaching its limits. In the interview, we talk about how to recognize this, why „functioning“ is not the same as „optimal,“ and how planning is fundamentally changing today.

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