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.
November 4, 2025
Optimization of transport modes
Optimized transport mode selection lowers costs, improves service levels and reduces CO₂. This is how data-based distribution planning with mixed-mode strategies works.
October 14, 2025
Flowpath optimization
How mathematical optimization in consumer goods logistics reduces complexity and cuts costs.
September 22, 2025
SKU consolidation in consumer goods logistics
How mathematical optimization in consumer goods logistics reduces complexity and cuts costs.
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.
August 19, 2025
Saving electricity in production
Find out with OPTANO how peak load management, flexible production and heat integration can reduce your production costs.
August 4, 2025
Trade-offs as a challenge
For companies, trade-offs are an everyday reality and a challenge that needs to be mastered.
July 14, 2025
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!
July 9, 2025
Service level vs. costs
The optimum balance between cost efficiency and service quality as one of the objectives of the Supply Chain Triangle.
June 11, 2025
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.
April 30, 2025
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.
April 1, 2025
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.
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.
April 29, 2026
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.
April 22, 2026
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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