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.
October 13, 2026
How Automotive Suppliers Ensure Feasible Detailed Planning in the Face of Last-Minute Changes to Order Calls
A prioritized task affects more than one slot in the schedule. The key is to determine which sequence still works given real-world constraints.
October 7, 2026
Interview: Rolling Capacity Planning: Planning for Internal Combustion Engines and Electric Mobility Together
How automotive suppliers plan capacity across their plants for internal combustion engines and e-mobility despite uncertain demand—with OPTANO and Gurobi.
October 6, 2026
Insights: Production Planning in Response to Changes in Demand
Changes in demand require quick responses. At the same time, effective production planning determines which scheduled processes will remain unchanged.
September 30, 2026
Insights: How Production Planning Turns Scarcity into a Transparent Decision
Material shortages in production planning cannot be eliminated through planning alone. However, scarce parts can be evaluated transparently and allocated to customer orders in a traceable manner.
August 26, 2026
Insights: When Low Water Levels Become a Planning Challenge
Low water levels are affecting the supply of raw materials in the chemical industry. What matters is not a single alternative transport route, but the coordinated interplay of capacities, inventories, and production priorities.
July 14, 2026
Insights: How Automotive Suppliers Reduce Cost Pressure Through Better Planning
Automotive suppliers are under significant cost pressure. Mathematical optimization helps to better align decisions regarding production, capacity, inventory, and delivery capability—particularly in areas where costs often arise unnoticed: when there are conflicting objectives and uncoordinated planning assumptions.
August 26, 2026
Insights: When Low Water Levels Become a Planning Challenge
Low water levels are affecting the supply of raw materials in the chemical industry. What matters is not a single alternative transport route, but the coordinated interplay of capacities, inventories, and production priorities.
May 13, 2026
Insights: New US tariff plans for the pharmaceutical industry
The new US tariff plans for pharmaceuticals not only affect costs, but entire supply chains. The article shows what this means for pharmaceutical companies in Europe and their planning.
May 5, 2026
Insights: Inventory and production planning in the chemical industry
How chemical companies can better balance service, inventory and production and why Excel has its limits when it comes to 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.
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.
October 13, 2026
How Automotive Suppliers Ensure Feasible Detailed Planning in the Face of Last-Minute Changes to Order Calls
A prioritized task affects more than one slot in the schedule. The key is to determine which sequence still works given real-world constraints.
October 7, 2026
Interview: Rolling Capacity Planning: Planning for Internal Combustion Engines and Electric Mobility Together
How automotive suppliers plan capacity across their plants for internal combustion engines and e-mobility despite uncertain demand—with OPTANO and Gurobi.
October 6, 2026
Insights: Production Planning in Response to Changes in Demand
Changes in demand require quick responses. At the same time, effective production planning determines which scheduled processes will remain unchanged.