The document provides an overview of Stellium Lighthouse, an integrated supply chain planning solution. It describes the key modules of the Lighthouse SCM suite, which include sales & operations planning, demand planning, supply planning, production planning and scheduling, and warehouse management. It then provides details on the features and benefits of each module, highlighting capabilities like demand forecasting, inventory optimization, production scheduling, interactive planning, and exception management. The document also includes information on the technical architecture and deployment approach for seamless integration with ERP systems.
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Stellium LighthouseTM is a robust enterprise supply chain planning, and optimization
solution that enables Manufacturers and Distributors in Automotive Supplies Industry to
drive end to end value chain planning from Suppliers to Customers in multiple horizons
from Long term strategic planning to Hourly execution planning.
LighthouseTM SCM
SCE
Supply Chain Execution
SCP
Supply Chain Planning
Modules
SCA
Supply Chain Analytics
Production Planning and
Scheduling
Warehouse Management System
Demand Planning and
Forecasting
Warehouse
Management
Analytics - WPM
360oTM
Supply Planning
Warehouse OnsitePAK (Printing,
RF, Voice, PTL sol)
Demand
Planning
Analytics
Production Planning
& Scheduling
Analytics
Supply Planning
Analytics
Stellium Lighthouse SCM suite is an integrated Supply Chain
Management solution combining planning, execution and analytics
Sales & Operations Planning
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Lighthouse Enterprise Sales &
Operations Planning
Demand Supply Balance
Comprehensive Reports
`Pre-defined Alerts to
enable Exception base
management
Lighthouse Demand Planning
Multidimensional Drill
Down
Aggregation &
Disaggregation
User Friendly Interface
Multiple Data Measure
Set up
In-built mechanism to
chose the most accurate
forecasting method from
multiple forecasting
technique
New Product & End of
Life Planning
Promotions Management
Pre-defined Alerts to
enable Exception base
management
Attribute and
Classification Based
Planning
Lighthouse Production Planning
& Scheduling
Synchronized &
Constrained Planning
based on material and
capacity
Operation Splitting and
Alternate Route/BOM
User Friendly Interface
Comprehensive Reports
and KPI Tracking
JIT Production Scheduling
Capability
Bottleneck Based
Scheduling
External Set-up; Optimal
change over sequence
Transfer Batch Size
flexibility
Lighthouse Supply Chain Planning Suite offers very high fitment
with Out-of-box features for various Industries
Lighthouse Supply Planning
Complex supply chain
modelling
Optimal Inventory across
the network
User Friendly Interface
Comprehensive Reports
and Action Messages
Pre-defined Alerts to
enable Exception base
management
Configuration of multiple
Replenishment
Parameters
Attribute Based and
Classification Based
Planning
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Lighthouse Supply Chain Suite Information
Warehouse
Historical Data
Key Performance
Indicators
ERP
Planned Independent
Requirement
Customer Orders
Production Orders
Procurement Orders
Stock Transfer Orders
Production Scheduling
Inventory Management
Demand Planning
Master
Planning
Supply Planning
Production Planning & Scheduling
Warehouse Management
Lighthouse SCM suite seamlessly integrate with most of the ERPs and Information
Warehouses
Stellium Lighthouse SCM suite – Application Architecture
Sales & Operations Planning
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Effective Supply Chain Planning to create accurate, data-driven plans…
Best In Class Solution
•Very high fitment with Out-of-box features for Automotive supplies industry
•Planning for all horizons
•Advanced Algorithms to generate forecast, replenishment/supply plan, production
plan and production schedules
Lowest Total Cost of Ownership
•Accelerated deployment through workflow based model
•Easy pre-built integration with SAP-ECC and Oracle
•Superior performance with high number of Item Locations
•Flexibility to extend/map supply chain as you grow
Faster Adoption & Faster ROI
•Interactive UI and real-time KPI focused reporting tools
•Out-of-the-box decision support capabilities which enable optimal decision making
•Pre-configured set of Alerts and Exception Based Planning
•Out of box reporting
Lighthouse SCM solution creates value for Organization by Enabling
Effective Supply Chain Planning at Lowest TCO delivering fastest ROI
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Key Use cases
Lighthouse allows sales and operation planning at any level of product, region
and time hierarchies thus providing the required level of depth.
Lighthouse disaggregates data based on the sales history data of the SKU- region
combination. Aggregation is a sum of the lower level data as per hierarchy.
The data measures can be selected from existing planning books or S & OP
specific measures can be created.
Reports and alerts can be created in Lighthouse to show deviations which require
the user’s attention.
Multi-dimensional Drill Down
Aggregation & Disaggregation
Configuration of multiple Data
Measures
Multiple Scenario Evaluation
Consensus and Collaborative Planning
Classifications and Attribute based
Planning
Reports and pre-configured alerts
Lighthouse S&OP allows filtering down of the data as per the user created
classifications and attributes.
Lighthouse allows multiple scenarios to be created and compared to make
effective Demand – Supply balancing decisions.
Lighthouse S&OP allows individual users to record numbers for consensus data
measures based on user role and permissions.
Sales & Operations Planning – Key Use Cases
Multi Time Period View
Lighthouse S & OP supports multiple time period views such as Weekly, Monthly,
Quarterly and Yearly. Also the calendar can be set to industry timelines.
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Key Features of the Lighthouse Sales & Operations Planning
Function
Connects business planning to tactical
planning through integration of planning
books
Highlights demand and supply
imbalance at the product family level
Planning at aggregated and higher
hierarchy levels
User authorization for Sales, Marketing,
Logistics, Finance and other
departments.
Data Measures
Planning function wise editable measure
Demand forecasting data measures such
as Statistical Best fit, Final forecast etc
Supply planning data measures such as
Planned Orders, BOH, EOH etc
Manufacturing planning data measures
such as Manufacturing Plan
Flexibility
Multiple time periods such as weekly,
monthly, quarterly and yearly
Industry specific calendar weeks
modeling capability
Multiple scenario evaluator
Parallel Product Hierarchy
Parallel Region Hierarchy
UOM Conversion
Waterfall Chart
Security
User , Password, Role Sign In for
individual planning functions as well as
users
User Control by Products, Region, Data
Measure
Role limit to Add, Edit, Delete, View
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Lighthouse Demand Planning features drive the operational value levers which
directly enhances the shareholder value for an enterprise
Key Use cases
Lighthouse allows forecast generation at any level of product, region and time
hierarchies thus providing the required level of depth.
Lighthouse disaggregates data based on the sales history data of the SKU- region
combination. Aggregation is a sum of the lower level data as per hierarchy.
Multiple Data Measures are available for the generation of forecast.
Custom reports and alerts can be created in Lighthouse to show deviations which
require the user’s attention.
Multi-dimensional Drill Down
Aggregation & Disaggregation
Configuration of multiple Data
Measures
Advanced Statistical Forecasting
Techniques
Transitions Planning- Supersession and
Re-alignment
Consensus and Collaborative Planning
Classifications and Attribute based
Planning
Reports and pre-configured alerts
Lighthouse allows filtering down of the data as per the user created classifications
and attributes.
Lighthouse supersession allows creation and deletion of SKUs. Product histories
can be copied from existing products to new products.
Forecasts can be generated using any of the forecasting techniques available in
lighthouse- WMA, exponential, ARIMA, etc. Best fit forecast is selected.
Lighthouse facilitates collaborative planning by giving users from different roles
the access to view/edit data.
Demand Planning- Key Use Cases
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Function
ABC Analysis
XYZ Analysis (frequency of demand)
Unlimited Data Measures
Graphical Displays with Line, Bar and Pie
charts
Operate Daily, Weekly or Monthly
Product Rank
Data Measures
Historical; Orders or Shipments
Best Fit, Adjusted or Sales Forecast
Customer Forecast
Budget
Custom Data Measure with User
Defined Formulas
Flexibility
Gregorian Calendar
13 by 4 Week Calendar
4-4-5, 4-5-4, 5-4-4 13 Week Quarters
Parallel Product Hierarchy
Parallel Region Hierarchy
UOM Conversion Factory
Waterfall Chart
Security
User , Password, Role Sign In
User Control by Products, Region, Data
Measure
Role limit to Add, Edit, Delete, View
Notes on Forecast Change
Custom Validation
Key Features of the Lighthouse Demand Planning & Forecasting
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• Selection of the right forecasting
method depends on the characteristics
of the historical sales data- whether the
data shows seasonality, seasonality and
trend or neither of the two (random
variations)
• Based on the historical data, Lighthouse
proposes a forecast method which can
be changed manually
• The selected forecasting method is run
and the forecast error is determined
• If the error is beyond acceptable limits,
another forecasting method is selected
• Univariate Forecasting - Uses historical
data to determine demand pattern and
proposes the best fit model based on the
lowest forecast error.
• Moving Average
• Models (Constant, Seasonal Trend,
Seasonal
• Exponential Smoothing – Single,
Double
• Auto exponential – additive &
multiplicative
• Holts-Winters
• Croston’s Method
• Causal Forecasting - Causal forecasting
combines external market factors
(economic condition, price, weather, etc.)
while determining the forecast.
• Multiple Linear Regression
Forecasting Techniques Selection of Best-Fit
Statistical Forecasting
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Aggregation/Disaggregation
Types
Based on Sales History for
a specific Period
Based on the specified
Split Percentage given as
an input
Equal Proportion if no
sales history is available
Aggregation/Disaggregation is
based on the historical sales
data for specific period or a
split percentage
If there is no historical data
available, the split will be
equal across all the SKU
Location combinations
Aggregation/Disaggregation Types
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• Consensus based forecasting
combines different business goals,
different forecasts from different
departments
• Collaborative forecasting brings
different companies in the supply
chain to share information &
produce one forecast
• Result is one number demand plan
agreed up on and owned by all
stakeholders
• Accuracy of the forecast is checked
against actual sales
• Flexibility to plan against multiple
planning horizons & planning
buckets
Collaborative Consensus Planning
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Lighthouse Replenishment Planning features drive the operational value levers ,
which directly enhances the shareholder value for an enterprise
Key Features
Lighthouse Offers the flexibility to model complex multi-echelon
supply chains and plan for inventory across the entire chain.
Lighthouse balances end consumer demand signals and forecasts, on
hand inventory and in-transit inventory to create optimal planned
orders.
Parameters such as safety stock in quantity or time, maximum
coverage in quantity or time, lot sizes, lead time etc. are easily
configurable at the item-location level of the supply hierarchy.
Models Complex Multi-echelon Supply
Chain
Optimization of inventory across the
network
Configuration of Multiple
Replenishment Parameters
Comprehensive Reports & Pre-
configured Alerts
Reports and action messages notifying the user of the unusual
deviations are generated. These warrant corrective actions from the
user.
Supply Planning - Key Features
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Deployment creates the stock transfers for short-term changes
on both supply and demand side
Fair share rules for Deployment:
Proportional allocation based on demand
Proportional allocation to reach the target
safety stock level
Quota arrangements
Priority
Deployment Functionality in Supply Planning
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Cycle time
variation
Capacity
problems
Production
quality
problems
Material quality
problem
Yield variation
Modification of
operational
objectives
PURCHASING PRODUCTION
PLANNING
FINANCE
Order modification
(date, quantity,
specifications, ...)
Promotions
Sales forecast
update
Product
Listing /
Delisting
Products
Phase in /
Phase out
Engineering
Changes
Demand and Supply imbalance eventually results in long order lead times, excess
inventory, misused capacities and poor customer service.
Common Production Planning Challenges
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Production Planning and Scheduling- Key Features and Benefits
• Production Planning in Short, Medium and Long
Term Planning horizons
• Robust modelling capability with system enabling
modelling of alternate resources, BoM, Routing and
work order splitting
• Material and capacity constrained planning in the
same planning run
• JIT Production, Bottleneck based scheduling
capability
• Interactive scheduling for incorporation of planner
decision based on changes in demand or supply
• Due Date confirmation based on What-if analysis
evaluation
• Intuitive UI and ease of transfer of inputs and
outputs to enterprise systems , shop floor systems
• Exception Highlights and Problem Summary
(Identification of Late , Short Orders)
• Ability to derive operational, tactical and strategic plans
• Demand Driven planning and minimization of inventory
• Lead time reduction with work order splitting amongst
multiple resources
• Improvement in resource utilization and throughput by
identification and efficient management of bottleneck
resources
• Improvement in customer satisfaction by enhancing due-
date delivery performance
• Planning efficiency enhancement by greater adherence
to production plan / schedule
• Reduction in planning cycle time and enabling higher
responsive supply chain
• Higher visibility in planning exceptions, evaluation and
enhancing decision making
• Seamless integration with enterprise and execution
systems
Key Features Key Benefits
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PPS- Robust Modelling Capability of all Production Scenarios
• Raw Material
• Semi finished Goods
• Finished Goods
• Any state of matter (Solid,
Liquid & Gas)
• Bill of Material (Single or
Multi Level)
• Routing
• Operations
• Planning & Scheduling Cycle
• Factory and Resource
Calendar
• Scheduling parameters
• Set up times
• Sequence dependent times
• Supplier Information
• Supplier Lead times
• Procurement orders
• Procurement lot sizes
• Resource capacity
• Production rate
• Run time
• Yield
• Sales orders
• Customer items
• Order type
• Priority
• Requested delivery date
• Quantity
• Item availability
• Inventory availability date
• Inventory expiry date
• Inventory – Customer
pegging
Planning Model Data Definition
DISCRETE PRODUCTION
CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
Products
Capacity Modeling
Production Process
Demand Modeling
Procurement
Inventory
Lighthouse Production Planning & Scheduling solution enables planning of
both discrete or continuous production system
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PPS - Finite Capacity Planning Engine
Order by Order Planning with orders
sorted based on due date, priority and
quantity
Inventory consumption of finished items,
semi-finished items and raw materials
Bucket based Planning based on planning
bucket size as defined in planning parameters
Assignment of planning bucket dates
after comparison of LPST / EPST
Procurement plan and work order plan
generation for the net demand
simultaneously
Generation of Supply -Demand
Pegging, by fixing cross feeds and clean-up
based on constraints at every node
Finite
Capacity
Planning
Unconstrained
Demand- Sales
Orders /
Replenishment
Orders
Demand
Driven
Capacity
Planning
Order Plan with
Completion
dates based on
material and
capacity plan
Demand
Driven
Material
Planning
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PPS- Review and Modification of Results - Interactive Scheduler
User Interface features such as Interactive Scheduler
Lighthouse Production Planning and Scheduling has a user friendly interface such as Interactive
Scheduler that allows a planner to view, add, edit, overlap or cancel any planned work order for a
given sales order.
Ease of use to modify the generated production plan according to the dynamic requirements and
priorities.
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PPS – Intuitive UI for effective Exceptions Management
All problems encountered by Lighthouse PPS- material problem, capacity constraints, etc. are
summarized in problem summary.
Sales Order Late: Sales order is late if the completion date is more than the requested delivery date
of sales order.
Order Short- Order receives less than the required quantity.
To look into which orders have the problem, right click on the problem and select order list.
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PPS- Order Evaluation Capabilities through -What-if Analysis
This feature helps the user to run various scenarios or simulations on a sales order and find out if the sales
order can be completed within the due date.
This is required when:
A new order is received from the customer and a due date and quantity has to be promised.
Customer requirements like due date or quantity have changed. These changes can be checked for
feasibility.
Sales order(s) is (are) selected from the sales order screen. Then either infinite capacity plan or finite
capacity plan button is clicked.
This opens a new window giving the sales order plan for the selected sales orders.
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Lighthouse Product Offerings
SaaS- Application Software as a service
No CAPEX investment on server infrastructure
–Infrastructure on Cloud to be used as a service
No CAPEX on Software Licensing –Required
modules can be subscribed as services for a
subscription fee
Planning Process as a service
No CAPEX investment on server infrastructure –
Infrastructure on Cloud to be used as a service
No CAPEX on Software Licensing –Required modules
can be subscribed as services via subscription fees
No additional Human Resources for Planning function –
Plan processes could be carried out as a service
through strategic partnership
On-Premise System Implementation &
Deployment
CAPEX - Server Infrastructure
CAPEX - Software Licensing
Trained Personnel for operation
On-Premise System Implementation &
Deployment- Operations Offered as a Service
CAPEX - Server Infrastructure
CAPEX - Software Licensing Cost
No additional Human Resources for Planning function -
Plan processes could be carried out as a service
through strategic partnership
CloudDeploymentModelsOn-PremiseDeployment
Models
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Web-services
Lighthouse GUI
LEAP ware , SAP Data Services (BODS)
End user
Source
system
Database
Lighthouse UI(MS)
SAP ECC 6.0
Oracle, MySQL, SAPHANA*, MS SQL
Web
Services
Other ERPs
ApplicationServerClient
.NETPlatform4.0
Data Access Classes, Data Cache Management
Data
Access
Layer
Business
LogicLayer
R 3.0 Forecasting
Engine
Optimization Engine Process Workflow
Master Data
Management
Reporting & AnalyticsUser AuthorizationScheduling Engine
Replenishment Engine
Data
Management
Data
Cleansing
Data
Enrichment
Business Base
Data
Transformation
* Available from Nov 1st week. Currently in Co-innovation Stage
Stellium Lighthouse Technical Architecture
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Stellium Lighthouse Technical Architecture for Cloud Deployment
Lighthouse Application Server On Cloud
Data Access Classes, Data Cache Management
Web-services
SQL/Oracle/DB2/SAPHANA*
Business Base
Lighthouse Planning Engine
.Net Framework 4.0
SAP BODS
Enterprise Systems &
Integration Components –
On Premise
Client
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Technical Specifications
Technical components Technical Specification
Operating System Windows Server 2012, Windows 8,7
Database SQL Server 2008,2012, Oracle, DB2, My SQL, SAP
HANA
Web service IIS 6.X Webserver
Platform .NET Version 4.0
Planning Engine R Version 3.0 for Demand Forecasting
Optimization CPLEX, GUROBI
Data Management SAP Data Services, Stellium LeapWare
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