Food Supply Chain Software
Supply Chain Optimization
MJC²'s food supply chain software solutions are used for real-time distribution, logistics and manufacturing scheduling, as well as for strategic optimization along the supply chain. Typical applications include:
- Bulk Transport Planning for dairy, sugar, cereals and other liquids and powders, e.g. from farms to processing plants or for inter-factory movements.
- Manufacturing Scheduling for short shelf-life goods such as dairy, bread, crisps and snacks, including inventory optimization and demand planning.
- Distribution Planning of finished goods to distribution centres and stores for supermarkets (primary and secondary operations) & food service distribution software.
- Home Delivery Optimization including last-mile routing and scheduling from stores and real-time allocation of multidrop restaurant & fast food deliveries.
Food Distribution Software
Bulk Food Logistics
DISC and REACT optimize bulk food transport operations, and are designed to cope with unpredictable supply/demand in large multi-site operations.
Typical applications of our food logistics software include collection of milk from farms, inter-plant transfers of powders and liquids and bulk transport of water.
MJC²'s logistics planning software models relevant business rules and constraints such as cleaning/CIP regulations, multi-compartment vehicles, driver hours regulations and supply/demand matching requirements.
In real-time mode REACT receives minute-by-minute updates from in-cab systems about vehicle locations and consignment status, which are used to dynamically re-optimize the transport plan in response to delays, volume variances or factory breakdowns.
Wholesale Food Distribution Software: Chilled, Ambient & Frozen
DISC provides an integrated food distribution software solution for supermarket and food service delivery operations.
Multi-depot primary and secondary operations can be planned using an integrated model, including deliveries, collections, inter-depot trunking movements, spot hire work, sub-contractors, backhauls, transhipments, etc.
Integrating the core wholesale food distribution software modules with REACT enables real-time re-optimization in response to last-minute orders, delays, breakdowns, employee unavailability, cancellations, etc.
MOBi provides real-time communication between drivers and the planning office, including proof-of-delivery (POD), driver de-brief and incident reporting.
DISC and REACT take into account multi-temperature requirements and constraints relating to load building, multiple warehouses, trailer compartments, weight (e.g. for heavy items or drinks logistics) delivery slots, product compatibility and order priority.
Home Delivery & Last-Mile
MJC²'s vehicle routing software optimizes last-mile delivery and multi-drop routing to homes from restaurants and retail outlets, including scheduling of deliveries, dynamic routing of vans and planning of driver hours.
Our last-mile scheduling software is customisable and can accurately model loading rules, service level expectations and local routing/access constraints, including for example low emission zones and the use of electric delivery vans.
For strategic planning SLIM optimizes territory allocations, slot patterns and resource profiles, while integration of ROCS with the online food delivery software enables demand-led shift pattern planning.
Food Production Software
Food Production Planning
Implementations of PIMSS have led to substantial savings for our customers in terms of improved manufacturing capacities, faster and better response to customer demand, lower inventory levels and balanced use of employees and resources.
Our food production software includes factory line scheduling and capacity planning functionality, and can be integrated with i-Data, e-Stock and ROCS to provide demand forecasting, inventory optimization and workforce planning/rostering capability.
Manufacturing Software - Applications
Typical applications of our food manufacturing software include scheduling production of crisps & snacks, dairy products, beverages, cakes & biscuits or other high-volume short shelf-life goods. PIMSS models operational constraints such as changeover times, machine linkages, multipacking and cleaning/maintenance scheduling.
MJC²'s food manufacturing planning software is designed to schedule very complex factories and multi-site operations which have many independent or inter-dependent production lines producing thousands of different SKUs.