York, PA . — St. Onge Co. offers a fresh approach to solving constraint-based problems in distribution centers with its Order Analysis and Planning System software. The company developed the OAPS software in response to fundamental problems facing supply chain managers and executives.

The software analyzes all combinations of resource restraints, including non-rate-based constraints such as pallet positions and operational preferences and priorities throughout the outbound process to plan the workload.

It evaluates opportunities for releasing work to keep workloads balanced and can perform "what if" analysis by considering variable resource options. The company claims it enhances order throughput and resource utilization over typical order planning techniques.