Cost efficiency
Identify where consolidation, sourcing, or facility adjustments can deliver significant savings while maintaining service levels.
Resilience & Flexibility
Experiment with transport price shocks or demand shifts to design adaptable supply chains, ensuring stability under uncertain conditions.
Capacity Planning & Growth Readiness with What-if Simulations
Scaling product families or adjusting facility strategies reveals when and where capacity constraints may arise. This supports long-term planning, ensuring the network can grow with demand while avoiding bottlenecks or over-investments.
NEW IN NETWORK DESIGN SIMULATOR
You can now simulate the ratio of outbound/inbound flow importance, and its’ impact on different scenarios.
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Test the tool for free by following the demo.
Design, optimize, and analyze your supply chain network using logistics data and growth assumptions.
Run and simulate different scenarios and configurations, and see the impacts on costs, lead time, and risk.
Explore collaboration features in a user-friendly environment, and do simulations with your team members.
How to get access?
In addition to our Supply Chain Apps Portfolio, you can access the Network Design Simulator add-on through our Platform for more complex and sophisticated network design projects.
Feature Highlights
Transaction-level realism
Ingests Delivery Note Lines to reconstruct shipments, preserve origin-destination grouping, and enable realistic consolidation and cost-to-serve analysis.
Network topology & planning
Model node types, layers and allowed edge flows (factory → DC → customer) and run place-n planning to find the optimal number and location of DCs.
Flexible consolidation & truckization
Define consolidation frequencies and truck capacities to simulate daily/weekly/monthly batching and measure utilization and trip counts.
Full cost stack
Combine transport cost engines with per-pallet warehousing (storage, handling, fixed costs) to compare true landed cost alternatives.
Growth & sourcing scenarios
Apply growth rules and material-origin overrides (wildcards supported) to test demand surges, supplier loss, or sourcing reassignments.
Optimization & outputs
Optimize node locations, consolidation plans and routes; export KPIs: cost-to-serve, truck utilization, trips, and facility counts.
Suggested experiments to run
BASELINE
Run with current network and demand to validate inputs and create a reference point.
✔ Establishes a performance benchmark for cost, service level, and utilization.
✔ Reveal data gaps or anomalies early, before scenario stress-testing.
CONSOLIDATION SENSITIVITY
Compare daily vs weekly consolidation and the tradeoff between transport cost and lead time.
✔ Anyze the cost savings potential from higher consolidation.
✔ Pinpoint customer service risks from longer lead times.
GROWTH BY PRODUCT FAMILY
Scale selected material groups (e.g., +25%) to test capacity and facility count needs.
✔ Identify bottlenecks in warehouse or transport capacity under demand growth.
✔ Supports investment planning for new facilities or fleet expansion.
TRANSPORT PRICE SHOCK
Increase edge multipliers to simulate fuel or rate spikes and test resilience.
✔ Reveals the exposure of the network to sudden cost fluctuations.
✔ Supports contingency planning and supplier/carrier diversification strategies.
ACCESS NETWORK DESIGN SIMULATOR WITH THE LOG-HUB PLATFORM
What is Log-hub Platform?
The Log-hub Platform is a centralized place for all your projects. With advanced data management, real-time collaboration, and scalable architecture, it empowers teams to manage, analyze, and share information effortlessly. Whether for a small business or a global enterprise, Log-hub Platform adapts to your needs, streamlining decision-making and driving efficiency across every level of your supply chain.
To whom we recommend it to
From which industry are you coming?
LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS
RETAIL AND E-COMMERCE
CONSUMER PRODUCTS
SUPPLY CHAIN CONSULTANTS
INDUSTRIAL GOODS & AUTOMOTIVE
PHARMA, CHEMICALS & RESOURCES
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of supply chain designs can be simulated with the tool?
The tool can be used to simulate a wide range of supply chain designs, including linear, hub-and-spoke, and multi-tier configurations. It can also handle multiple facilities and scenarios.
Is training or support provided with the tool?
Yes, the tool includes support resources to help users get the most out of it. This may include training sessions, tutorials and the option to contact the company for support.
Is the tool compatible with other supply chain management systems?
The tool may have the ability to integrate with other supply chain management systems, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems or transportation management systems (TMS) via REST.
Is the tool suitable for companies of all sizes?
The tool may be scalable to meet the needs of companies of different sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises.
Can multiple users collaborate on a simulation?
The tool may have collaboration features that allow multiple users to work together on designing and optimizing a supply chain, such as shared simulations and real-time editing.
How is payment handled?
Payment for the tool may be handled through a subscription model, with users paying a recurring fee (e.g. monthly, quarterly, annually). The company may accept a variety of payment methods, such as credit card or invoice.
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