Solution Provider
http://slim.ascet.com
SLIM Technologies: Optimization
Modeling for Fact-Based Supply
Chain Management
S LIM Technologies, LLC, provides soft-
ware and consulting services to assist
companies with strategic and tactical sup-
ply chain planning. Our proprietary model-
ing system, SLIM/2000, has been success-
fully applied in more than 30 companies in
a range of industries including chemical
and food processing, retailing, paper and
forest products, and industrial packaging.
Our clients use SLIM/2000 as a tool to
support fact-based supply chain manage-
ment. The issues they address and types of
supply chain networks they analyze most
often are:
Typical Applications:
Post-merger analysis
Site location and sizing
Distribution network design
Seasonal strategies
Global sourcing
Investment planning for new facilities
and technologies
Supply Chain Network Characteristics:
Direct and indirect facility costs
Capacity constraints
Multiple channels
Multi-stage manufacturing processes
Large-scale distribution networks
Single or multiple period planning
SLIM/2000
The SLIM/2000 system is unmatched in
its modeling depth and in the broad range
of supply chain issues that it can analyze.
Its rich modeling and data management
capabilities facilitate the construction of
realistic, detailed models that produce
truer, more complete solutions. As a result,
these solutions are readily implemented,
and moving rapidly from planning to exe-
cution may be a key competitive advantage
for companies.
As Enterprise Resource Planning and
e-commerce changes business landscapes
faster than ever, strategic decisions and
directions need to be continuously ana-
lyzed and refined. SLIM/2000 is right for
this challenge, with its comprehensive data
set-up utilities, its multi-scenario modeling
capability and its analytical engine capable
of rapidly solving enterprise-scale models
through proprietary optimization methods.
These features not only make SLIM/2000
easy to use and quick to implement, but
they facilitate rapid responses to changes
in the firms strategic environment. Such
agility increases the firms opportunities to
capture value.
SLIM Technologies, LLC
Our mission is to implement effective sup-
ply chain modeling software and to provide
consulting services that rapidly and com-
pletely transfer our modeling technology to
our clients. Technology transfer is often
achieved by an initial study of supply chain
problems faced by the client, as illustrated
in the graphic. In the vast majority of
cases, company managers and analysts can
continue using SLIM/2000 to evaluate the
companys planning problems with no
more than routine maintenance and sup-
port by SLIM Technologies.
SLIM Technologies also offers unique
continuity to license sales and software
implementation, as our business consult-
ants perform both pre-sale and post-sale
duties. This seamless approach speeds the
implementation process, streamlines com-
munication, and enhances our ability to
meet client expectations. The end result is
a consistent record of short-term payback
on clients investment.
SLIM Technologies, LLC is an emerging technol-
ogy company providing modeling software and
services that support strategic and tactical sup-
ply chain planning.
SLIM Technologies, LLC
226 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02116
Phone 877.856.5370
www.slimcorp.com
Jeremy F. Shapiro
CEO
Steve Wagner
Director of Consulting Services
Vijay Singhal
Director of Product Development
Kevin Jacobs
Director of Marketing
Business Contact
Dan Sobbott
Director of Business Development
Email info@slimcorp.com
Fax 617.267.1313
White Paper Available
A white paper by Slim Technologies Jeremy F.
Shapiro, Beyond Supply Chain Optimization
to Enterprise Optimization, can be read in its
entirety at http://slim.ascet.com.
In brief, Shapiro examines extensions of optimiza-
tion models for supply chain planning to models
that capture the interplay among supply chain,
marketing, and corporate financial decisions.
SLIM Technologies Clients
Our clients include Alcoa, Best Foods,
Canadian Tire Corporation, Carleton United
Breweries, Temple-Inland Forest Products,
as well as other companies in the U.S.,
Canada, and Australia.