Decision support system for the management of an agile supply chain

A decision support system, comprising:

• a client comprising:
• an interface, and decision support frames configured to provide a view into production, sales and inventory of a supply chain, said frames configured to integrate analytical models of the supply chain responsive to a view point of a business process, said frames comprising a supply management frame, a demand management frame, a vendor managed replenishment frame, a planning, sales and inventory frame and a distribution network frame, wherein said interface is configured to query said decision support frames;
• and
• a server comprising:
• a model engine comprising:
• modeling processes configured to analyze the supply chain, said modeling processes comprising a component procurement policy development module, a finished goods distribution network design module, an aggregate production planning module, a finished goods inventory management module, a sales forecasting and planning module, a market data analysis module and a vendor managed replenishment module;
• and
• a demand and supply reconciliation process configured to reconcile production, sales and inventory by reconciling a top-down forecast with a bottom-up forecast including an expert based model;
• a capacity process configured to determine feasibility of a capacity plan responsive to supply constraints;
• a replenishment process configured to provide a vendor replenishment plan responsive to predicted sales and supply constraints and configured to reconcile a top-down forecast with a bottom-up forecast;
• a scenario management process configured to provide scenarios for comparison of management plans;
• a frame manager configured to manage the execution of the modeling processes and to provide information for said frames, said frame manager comprising a system integrator and a functional integrator;
• a database management system configured to supply database information to the modeling processes and said frame manager;
• and
• a domain management process configured to limit data available to said frames and configured to be responsive to a user selection.