INSIGHT Enhances Best Optimization Software for Supply Chain Planning, Releases SAILS V3Top Software Tool Adds Model Validation Wizard, Plus New Analyses Of Inventory, International Trade Zone Tax & Duty, Marginal Cost, and Distribution Centers MANASSAS, Va., May 14, 2003 -- INSIGHT, Inc., a top international provider of supply chain planning solutions for the world's foremost companies, announces that SAILS 21(R), the world's most powerful strategic supply chain design software, is released in Version 3.00 with new functionality, which embodies the best current capabilities used by top firms. SAILS powers supply chain design for the world's most profitable firms and market leaders worldwide. "INSIGHT's new features, such as the Model Validation Wizard, enable quicker, easier optimization of large, global supply chains," says Robert J. Belshaw, an INSIGHT vice president. "The Wizard elegantly guides users to valid data for modeling, checking the data, assigning a priority to each issue, and then directing you to the source for speedy resolution." "Clients will be pleased by post-optimization inventory analysis, a separate product from other vendors, which enables calculation of the best safety stock," comments Jennifer Smith, INSIGHT's recent appointment as product manager for SAILS. "This is required after the optimized realignment of customers with DCs. It enables firms to set new safety stock level at each realigned DC, based upon the day to day variability of customer demand." "Everyone wanted the functionality from INSIGHT's Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) software within SAILS, specifically the assignment of tax and duty levels by country or trade zone, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), or the European Community (EU)," adds Jeffrey Karrenbauer, INSIGHT vice-president. SAILS(R) V3 Adds Enhancements For DCs, Landed Cost, Super Source & Marginal Cost SAILS adds new cost data, entirely within SAILS, which enables optimum DC location out-of-the-box, without requiring the user to load data. This data represent the costs of locating in 120 different, common DC cities across the USA. A new analysis capability is bounding the model by maximum DC volume and throughput, with the model selecting the most restrictive boundary - as in reality. Some industries, such as high-value goods in Oil & Gas or High Technology, require a marginal cost analysis for the best supply, considering differences in variable cost by manufacturing location. Other industries have enormous numbers of products, so that modeling supply with a "Super Source(TM)" enables faster running models with a result of high accuracy. A new ability, to inspect the landed cost for goods at any point in the supply chain - throughout each point in the model, gives insight into logistics costs throughout the supply chain. About INSIGHT, Inc. INSIGHT software and consulting provide optimization-based planning and scheduling to solve the supply chain management issues of the world's top companies. INSIGHT solves these latest, critical, and most complex problems for 40% of Fortune Magazine's top fifty, 70% of Business Week's most profitable corporations, and 70% of the companies judged to have the best supply chains. Clients often select INSIGHT when other solutions have failed. These clients rely on INSIGHT to gain the greatest competitive advantage from the best answer. Clients include Abbott Laboratories, BASF, BPAmoco, Clorox, ExxonMobil, HP, Ingram Books, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg, Levi Strauss, Motorola, Pennzoil, PepsiCo, Perrier, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, and Unilever. The X-System(R), a proprietary optimization engine, powers a network of planning and scheduling solutions. Examples include crew scheduling, production planning, design of global supply chains, transportation planning, and inventory analysis within PowerChain(TM) Inventory from Optiant. Increasingly, INSIGHT provides optimization components, partnering with third party software providers to deliver best-of-breed solutions. Call INSIGHT at (703) 366-3061. On the Web, visit www.INSIGHT-MSS.com. Contacts For INSIGHT, Manassas MediaFirst PR - Atlanta Becky Boyd, 770/642-2080 becky@mediafirst.net |