{"id":122,"date":"2019-05-21T23:20:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T23:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optware.com\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2019-05-30T01:22:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T01:22:02","slug":"order-allocation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optware.com\/services-solutions\/order-allocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Order Allocation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"122\" class=\"elementor elementor-122\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33fe90f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33fe90f3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4895eae7\" data-id=\"4895eae7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66c09936 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66c09936\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The largest panel producer in the United States engaged Optware Solutions to help optimize order fulfillment and inventory management for their 16 plywood plants. Thousands of orders are processed through their central office every week.<\/p><p>In a multi-plant environment optimal order assignment is contingent on a number of factors including raw material availability, production capacity, manufacturing capabilities, component quality, panel lay-up options, panel grade yields, customer requirements and the like. In addition to operating constraints there are manufacturing and transportation cost differentials between the plants.<\/p><p>The Optware Enterprise solution helped this customer get the most out of their manufacturing resource and reduced freight cost by millions of dollars per year. 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