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.

February 25, 2026

Retail logistics under pressure

Logistics optimization with mathematical optimization: Up to 15 % lower costs, 25 % less CO₂ and higher capacity utilization thanks to multi-destination models.

February 4, 2026

Interview: Complex planning - when are individual solutions required?

In an interview with OPTANO Business Development: When standard software reaches its limits, what added value individual software solutions create - and how they are realized at OPTANO.

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.

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.

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.

Trade-offs as a challenge

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

Reduce CO₂ emissions and save costs at the same time

Mathematical optimization makes it possible to save CO2 without major investment - and reduce costs at the same time. We show you how!

Service level vs. costs

The optimum balance between cost efficiency and service quality as one of the objectives of the Supply Chain Triangle.

Optimal safety stocks

High safety stocks give the good feeling of always having enough in stock, but also tie up a lot of capital. We show you how to find the optimum value.

Mathematical optimization for sustainable value creation

How can value chains be optimized and made ecologically sustainable? Analytics can help and even create a competitive advantage.

The added value of data: Why it's worth conquering the data mountain

For many companies, data preparation seems like an insurmountable mountain. But it's worth the climb - the benefits are huge.

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.

Insights: Production allocation in chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Why multi-site planning in chemicals and pharmaceuticals is more than just shifting quantities and why Excel reaches its limits when it comes to cross-plant production decisions.

Interview: Excel works ... until it doesn't

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

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Denise Lelle

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Business Development Manager

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