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.
March 5, 2025
Freeing up capital through optimal inventory
High stock levels tie up capital, while at the same time production must be secured despite supply chain problems. What is the optimum stock level?
February 17, 2025
From transit to triumph
Taking transport transit times into account optimizes production planning and reduces costs. Digital solutions balance materials, transportation, inventories and reliability.
February 6, 2025
Tariff increases put global supply chains under pressure
International trade and economic policy is in a state of flux. Geopolitical tensions, trade wars and new tariffs are creating additional uncertainty.
January 30, 2025
Challenges in the supply chains of the automotive industry
The automotive industry is in a state of upheaval: global market changes, technological advances and strict environmental regulations are driving change.
January 3, 2025
Resilient supply chains in the pharmaceutical industry
Many children had to go to hospital in winter because there were no antibiotics. Instead of being treated at home, an inpatient infusion was often necessary.
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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