Symphony
The software for bottom line results

Symphony by Inherent Simplicity is a powerful business solution designed to enable organizations to build and sustain a decisive competitive edge.
Goldratt Consulting chose Symphony to be the software package for implementations of distribution and operations in its viable vision projects.

In order to establish a decisive competitive edge, Symphony addresses the crucial logistics elements of:
Reliability - the company’s ability to meet due date commitments to its clients
Responsiveness – the company’s ability to shorten its lead time to the market
Optimal stock management – ensuring finished goods availability and variety while reducing the overall stock levels and obsolescence

Reliability
Reliability can be achieved and sustained by committing to reasonable due dates, making sure that all pre-production requirements are met and preventing chaos on the shop floor. Therefore Symphony provides the following mechanisms:

• Committing on due dates based on the system load
• Ensuring raw material availability
• Prioritizing the shop floor, taking into account current status of downstream stock locations
• Controlling and alerting way ahead when endangering reliability

Responsiveness
There is a tight connection between the flow in the system and its responsiveness. The faster the flow, the quicker the system reacts. Therefore Symphony provides:

• An optimal release schedule to avoid pushing unwanted raw materials into the system
• A mechanism to record the reasons for the major jams, analyze them and set correction plans
• Guidelines for shortening “readiness of raw material” lead time

Optimal stock management
Optimal stock management can reach lower inventory levels overall, while avoiding stock outs. Therefore, Symphony provides:

• Modeling the appropriate supply chain stock locations and inventory levels
• Actionable reports on missing items and their immediacy based on daily consumption data
• Ongoing recommendation of incrementing or decrementing inventory levels

We at Inherent Simplicity, together with Dr Eli Goldratt, Eli Schragenheim and other influencers in the TOC community make sure that Symphony will always be updated with the latest knowledge, processes and solutions.