^{Breakthrough software that simultaneously optimizes sourcing, production, inventory, and distribution including daily schedules for production and transportation.}
           
 A Second Transportation Example
    1 Plant, 2 Warehouses, 3 Distributors

     

From Plant to Distributor there are 54 possible routes in the example above based upon only 2 transportation alternatives for each link and restricting the routes to no more than one intermediate stop (for example, Plant to Warehouse#1 to Distributor#2).  There were only 6 routes in the example 1 Plant, 1 Warehouse, and 1 Distributor. allows any number of Plants, any number of Warehouses, any number of Distributors, any number of products, and any number of transportation alternatives for each link and chooses which day to produce, which day to depart (and arrive) for each link and the products and quantities for each load. Of course, also simultaneously optimizes production sourcing (which plant will produce this copy of this product) and scheduling for each plant (when will this copy be produced and on which production line) and the daily inventory at each location (including "expiration date", "born-on date", "product age" and other inventory policies, if desired).