Decision Dynamics Applies High Performance Modeling to Planning & Budgeting.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1999-- Decision Dynamics Inc. announces TriStar 2000(TM) Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Optimization is the application of processes and tools to ensure the optimal operation of a manufacturing and distribution supply chain. This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs (including manufacturing costs, System Release 1.4, a comprehensive business-modeling tool for planning and budgeting applications. These models allow managers within an organization to collaborate for improved planning and budgeting and to interact with customers, suppliers and partners based on profit-optimized suggested actions. High Performance Support Unlike traditional decision support models that can suffer from long runtimes, TriStar Release 1.4 achieves a 2x to 6x improvement in operational performance. Through the use of standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. data sets, systematized process rules, and tight integration with the ILOG optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. engine, TriStar models can be effectively used at all levels of planning from high-level strategy setting to business unit management or plant level operations. Shorter runtimes result in higher system availability for customer use in 'What-If' analysis and planning. Streamlined Workflow TriStar's Decision Explorer interface has been upgraded with an expanded Task Library and a standard Report Library, as well as improved integration with Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. . The Task Library automates complex decision-making through wizards and workflows that streamline the data management and the resultant analysis for tasks such as product pricing, production planning Production planning The function of a manufacturing enterprise responsible for the efficient planning, scheduling, and coordination of all production activities. , and material sourcing. Rapid Development of New Models With Release 1.4 of TriStar, Decision Dynamics encases its modeling technology within a robust user environment that can be quickly tailored to any business. TriStar's development tool set allows implementers to easily define business rules, set up new data models, and characterize the operation's decision variables and constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. needed to apply this sophisticated linear programming technology to each new case. New models are developed in days or just a few weeks depending on the complexity. Investment Leverage TriStar models are easily extended and scaled through a unique data-driven focus, lowering the cost of adapting the software as the customer's business environment changes. The business objects can be copied and modified to reflect new machines and processes, additional capacities, or a complete change in material sourcing. Decision Dynamics, Inc. is the leader in supply chain planning solutions within the forest products industry. The company's solutions include standardized supply chain models for sawmills, chip mills, plywood plywood, manufactured board composed of an odd number of thin sheets of wood glued together under pressure with grains of the successive layers at right angles. Laminated wood differs from plywood in that the grains of its sheets are parallel. mills, panel mills and OSB OSB abbr. Order of Saint Benedict mills and are installed in some of the largest forest products companies including Weyerhaueser, International Paper, and Georgia-Pacific. The company is located in Oregon and can be reached on the web at www.ddynamics.com. |
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