Supply chain planning software: the decision layer your plan is missing.
Your ERP or APS builds the plan. Clevizio takes over when reality drifts from it: it puts a number on each option's impact on your margin and keeps a record of the trade-off.
What supply chain planning software does
Supply chain planning software turns a demand forecast into executable plans: sales and operations plan, master production schedule, material requirements, procurement and distribution plans. Depending on the size of the company, this role is played by an ERP module, by an APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling) or by a specialized planning suite. In many mid-market companies, it is still handled with spreadsheets consolidated by hand every month. All these tools share the same logic: produce the best possible plan from assumptions set at a given date.
Where planning stops
The plan is right on the day it is approved. Then come a machine breakdown, a supplier pushing back its delivery, an urgent order from a major customer. Planning software can recalculate, but it doesn't tell you which option best protects your margin: moving a production run, paying for expedited freight, shipping a partial order, drawing on safety stock. That trade-off is still made over the phone, in emergency meetings and in a corner of a spreadsheet. That is where the margin points nobody measures are lost, and it is precisely the moment Clevizio equips.
What Clevizio adds to your planning tool
Clevizio connects to your ERP, APS, WMS, TMS and spreadsheets, with no data migration. It continuously cross-checks inventory, demand and supplier lead times to spot tension before it shows up in your dashboards. When a disruption hits, its decision engine simulates your possible responses and calculates their effect on margin and on the rest of the chain: you compare the options side by side and you decide. Each trade-off is then recorded with its context and outcome, so the next disruption is handled faster than the last.
How to deploy it without an IT project
It all starts with a free 30-minute simulation of a typical disruption in your business. Next comes a half-day team workshop that produces a business case you can present to your leadership. The pilot runs for 4 weeks on a limited scope of your real data, with ROI measured before and after. Your planning tool stays in place throughout: Clevizio sits on top of it.
Who does what between your planning tool and Clevizio
| Moment | Planning software (ERP, APS) | Clevizio |
|---|---|---|
| Building the monthly plan | Calculates the optimal plan from the forecast | Not involved |
| Spotting a drift | Visible once the gap has occurred | Weak signals cross-checked continuously |
| Choosing the response | Recalculates a plan, without costing the trade-off | Simulates each option and its impact on margin |
| After the decision | The next plan starts again from the new data | The trade-off is remembered and reused |
Frequently asked questions
Is Clevizio an APS?
No. An APS optimizes the production and procurement plan. Clevizio steps in when that plan no longer holds: it puts a number on the response options and keeps a record of the decision. The two complement each other.
Do we need to change our ERP or APS to use Clevizio?
No. Clevizio reads your data where it lives, in the ERP, APS, WMS, TMS and spreadsheets, with no migration and no IT project.
How long does it take to get started?
A four-week pilot on a limited scope of your real data, with ROI measured before any expansion.
What if we still plan in Excel?
Many mid-market companies do. Clevizio also connects to your spreadsheets: you don't need an APS to equip decision-making when disruptions hit.
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