Live industry model · FMCG

The production wheel, connected to service.

PatternLab Cortex connects changeover physics, EPEI, inventory and SKU-location demand in one operational semantic layer — so the rhythm of the plant and the promise to the market stay on one plan.

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Derive · Validate · Explain · Solve

Map the history. Derive the real wheel.

AI maps SKU masters, production history, changeover records and planning documents into the ready-made FMCG model. Planners review what Cortex inferred; mappings and corrections remain traceable and versioned before they drive a solve.

The FMCG physics

The question is how often to come back.

Sequence has direction: light to dark, non-allergen to allergen, mild to strong. The clean belongs to the transition. EPEI and cycle length shape service and inventory before daily sequencing begins.

EPEI / cycle lengthChangeover familiesMinimum batchAllocationShelf lifeSKU-location
Types · Relations · Forbidden · Derived

The wheel is a model, not a spreadsheet habit.

01Types — SKU, Family, Allergen, ColourBand, LineClass, CleanClass and Wheel.
02Relations — SKU belongs to family; transition requires clean; run consumes shelf life.
03Forbidden — unsafe allergen transitions, dark-to-light without wash-up, or a run beyond freshness commitment.
04Derived — changeover matrix, cycle length, slack, wheel and cost of skipping a lap.
Live Supply Chain workspace

Plan. Inventory. Sales.

Plan holds the wheel. Inventory shows cover and working-capital exposure. Sales sees service risk by SKU-location. Every view reads the same Cortex model and the same solve.

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