Supply chain network strategic design system

A computer-implemented method for designing a supply chain network, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• identifying a service level agreement metric definition;
• generating a grid comprising a plurality of cells, wherein the grid is located over a representation of a geographical region;
• computing a service level agreement metric for each cell of the grid using the service level agreement metric definition;
• selecting a cell that includes a largest service level agreement metric and that has not been previously selected;
• placing positioning a supply chain network resource within an original position of the selected cell;
• computing a service level agreement based on the service level agreement metric of the selected cell;
• determining whether the service level agreement is greater than or equal to a service level agreement threshold;
• and
• repeating the selecting, positioning, computing, and determining until the service level agreement is greater than or equal to the service level agreement threshold.

A system for designing a supply chain network, comprising:

• a definition identification module configured to identify a service level agreement metric definition;
• a grid generation module configured to generate a grid comprising a plurality of cells, wherein the grid is located over a representation of a geographical region;
• a metric computation module configured to compute a service level agreement metric for each cell of the grid using the service level agreement metric definition;
• a cell selection module configured to select a cell that includes a largest service level agreement metric and that has not been previously selected;
• a supply chain network resource positioning module configured to position a supply chain network resource within an original position of the selected cell;
• a service level agreement computation module configured to compute a service level agreement based on the service level agreement metric of the selected cell;
• and
• a service level agreement determination module configured to determine whether the service level agreement is greater than or equal to a service level agreement threshold;
• wherein the cell selection module, supply chain network resource positioning module, service level agreement computation module, and service level agreement determination module are further configured to repeat selecting, positioning, computing, and determining, respectively, until the service level agreement is greater than or equal to the service level agreement threshold.