Software designed to solve complex logistics problems

LIDD developed its Logistics Planning Software (LPS) in-house to optimize solutions for multivariate logistics problems.

Whether inside a given building or among a network of facilities, manufacturers and distributors must make complex infrastructure & operational decisions. Balancing competing goals – subject to numerous variables and constraints – can be difficult. LIDD uses its Logistics Planning Software, configured to your specific facilities and needs, to develop optimal quantitative solutions to logistics challenges.

LPS works not just for an initial facility or network (re)set but over time to help operators maintain optimum conditions in the face of seasonality and changing business needs. And LIDD ensures that the solutions LPS provides are not just quantitatively optimal, they are realistic and applicable to on the ground situations.

LIDD uses its Logistics Planning Software to solve for the best answer in the following kinds of situations:

 

BUILDING OPTIMIZATION

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Storage Size & Type

  • Solve for: The right number and style of racking and shelving
  • By optimizing: cubic space utilization and direct labour
  • Based on: SKU profile, inventory levels, inbound and outbound order profiles, labour rates
  • Subject to: building size, existing equipment

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Slotting

  • Solve for: The right slot assignment for every item in a pick line
  • By optimizing: cubic space utilization and direct labour
  • Based on: SKU profile, inventory levels, inbound and outbound order profiles, labour rates
  • Subject to: building size, existing equipment, software functionality

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Facility Capacity

  • Solve for: Maximum productive volume or facility size required to provide necessary capacity
  • Based on: process capacity at every stage, storage capacity, pick line capacity
  • Subject to: existing equipment, labour type and shifts

NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
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Building Locations

  • Solve for: The right locations for buildings in a distribution network
  • By optimizing: inbound and outbound transportation costs, labour costs
  • Based on: distance from vendors and to customers, labour rates
  • Subject to: available land or buildings, existing facilities

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Capacity Across a Network

  • Solve for: Total capacity in a network of buildings for given production or distribution needs
  • Based on: process capacity at every stage, storage capacity, pick line capacity
  • Subject to: existing equipment, labour type and shifts