Logistics Network Modeling Overview

Changes that impact your logistics network are never ending. Changes can include carrier cost and capacity volatility, new suppliers and customers, unplanned disruptions and so on. Logistics Network Modeling (LNM) can help with both network design and what-if analysis. Logistics Network Modeling allows you to use your own data and analyze the results also based on your data. Real analysis with real data using your database. You can run multiple scenarios to find the best. You can compare the input data as well as the output.

High Level Flow

• Set Up: Create the project and scenarios you want to run. Create the scenarios that you want to run based on the type of scenario that you want to model and the changes required. There are numerous options for configuring scenarios depending on the type of scenario you want to model. For more information on the various methods, see Modeling Scenarios.
• Solve: Run the bulk plan scenario. You can run the bulk plan scenario for one scenario, multiple scenarios, or all scenarios in a project at a time. The results can be viewed immediately right in LNM.
• Send to Analytics: Optionally, you can send the new scenario results to the Logistics Modeling Network Intelligence subject area.
• Analyze: You can compare bulk plan results in Transportation Intelligence, or in bulk plan results, or by using the scenario action Compare Modeling Scenario Plan Result.

You use your data and create scenarios by modifying different criteria or inputs. Changes can be data changes such as a rate change, carrier change, or capacity change. Changes can also be policy changes such as run bulk plan every four hours instead of every two hours. Then run your scenarios with the changes. This does not change your operational data. The results are saved into different tables. Then check the results. If you like the results, you can then make the change in OTM. The changes are not made automatically. Logistics Network Modeling is a simulation not an optimization.

The order statuses are ignored but other criteria and constraints including dates, constraints and so on are honored.

Logistics Network Modeling

• Logistics Modeling Network Configuration: Different options are available for configuring your system based on your usage of Logistics Network Modeling.
• Setting Up Logistics Network Modeling: Some steps are required prior to modeling. The required steps may vary depending on the type of scenario you want to run but include at a minimum project and scenario.
• Logistics Network Modeling Intelligence: This provides an environment for managing business metrics by monitoring, analyzing, and reporting metrics. You can use pre-built dashboards or create your own dashboards and/or queries for further analysis.
  • About Logistics Network Modeling Intelligence subject area
  • LNM Dasboard
• Use Cases
  • Single Leg Consolidation Use Case - This use case uses parameter overrides.
  • Rate Change Use Case - This use case uses scenario data changes.
  • Change Source Location Use Case - This use case uses data rules.
  • Multi-day Bulk Plan Use Case - This use case uses bulk plan specification.
• System Log IDs are available for Network Modeling to help troubleshoot network modeling issues:
  • ModelingDataRule
  • Modeling Scenario
  • Modeling ScenarioDetails