LLamasoft and Mu Sigma Partner to Expand the Reach of Supply Chain Design and Big Data Analytics

LLamasoft, the global leader in supply chain design software solutions, today announced that Mu Sigma, one of the world’s largest decision sciences and analytics firms, has selected LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru to help its clients harness big data to generate more effective supply chain designs.

Mu Sigma, one of the world’s largest decision sciences and analytics firms, helps companies institutionalize data-driven decision making and harness big data. The firm solves high-impact business problems in the areas of marketing, risk and supply chain across 10 industry verticals.

“We are honored that Mu Sigma has chosen to work with us to addresses this critical need, especially as it applies to harnessing big data to model, analyze and optimize end-to-end supply chain operations.”Toby Brzoznowski, LLamasoft Executive Vice President

With over 2500 decision sciences professionals and more than 75 Fortune 500 clients, Mu Sigma has driven disruptive innovation in the analytics industry with its interdisciplinary approach combining business, math and technology, and its integrated decision support ecosystem comprised of technology platforms, processes, methodologies and people.

Over the years, Mu Sigma has custom built supply chain optimization models and software for clients. Through this new partnership, the company can now offer clients the choice of a custom or packaged supply chain design solution.

“Supply Chain Guru will help our clients optimize their delivery mechanisms from sourcing to the point of consumption,” said Mukund Srinivas, Client Partner, Mu Sigma.  “In times when product lifecycles have been drastically shortened and multiple factors impact how a supply chain functions, Supply Chain Guru enables rapid modeling of alternate scenarios that to help clients select the optimal one.”

“Supply chain design and data-driven decision making are increasingly recognized as paths to sustained competitive advantage,” said Toby Brzoznowski, LLamasoft Executive Vice President. “We are honored that Mu Sigma has chosen to work with us to addresses this critical need, especially as it applies to harnessing big data to model, analyze and optimize end-to-end supply chain operations.”