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Impact tab
On any purchase order: what is late now, what becomes late if it slips N more days, and the customer orders affected.
Supplier Slip Impact
A supplier slips a week. What breaks?
One late purchase order rarely stays one problem. Otiox follows the dependency chain — purchase order, the manufacturing orders that need its material, the customer orders those feed — and shows what is late now, what becomes late if it slips further, and which customers are affected. A what-if simulation tests the delay before it happens.
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Command · impact
One late purchase order
Purchase order → builds → customer orders
LinkRecordState
Purchase orderPCB orderLate now
BuildManufacturing orderWaiting for material
CustomerSales orderAt risk
Customer orders affected
Simulate
Test a further slip before it happens.
Customers told days ahead, not on the day.
01The Challenge
Everyone sees the late PO. Nobody sees what hangs on it.
Purchasing knows the supplier is late. Production finds out when the material isn't there. Sales finds out when the customer calls. Each team sees one link of the chain; nobody sees the chain.
- 01Dependencies live in people's heads
- 02Impact discovered one team at a time
- 03No way to test a delay in advance
- 04Customers told last
02SEE IT IN OTIOX
The same situation, in the product.
Real screens from the Otiox demo workspace, step by step.
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Impact on the purchase order
Late now, late only if it slips further, and the customer orders affected.
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What-if simulation
The supplier late a week: which orders turn late, and by how much.
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How It Works
Purpose-built features that solve these exact problems.
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Dependency chain
Purchase order → manufacturing orders → customer orders, with links to each.
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What-if scenarios
Simulate a supplier or PO being late, a machine stopping or demand changing — nothing is changed.
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Explorer
Any record and everything connected to it, two steps out.
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What You'll Gain
Tangible improvements that impact your bottom line.
- 01One view of the chain
Purchasing, production and sales see the same picture.
- 02Days of warning
Know which customers are exposed before they are late.
- 03Test before you commit
Simulate the delay, then decide.
- 04Nothing changed
Scenarios never touch your records.
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Real-World Scenarios
See how this works in practice.
Scenario 1
Late material, late build
A PCB order three weeks late holds up the build that serves a customer order.
Scenario 2
A week more
The slider shows what else turns late if it slips another seven days.
Scenario 3
Supplier-wide delay
Simulate every open order from one supplier arriving a week late.
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The Transformation
From chaos to clarity.
Before
- Each team sees one link
- Impact found when it hurts
- Delays tested in production
- Customers told last
After
- Whole chain in one view
- Affected customers named
- Delay simulated first
- Customers told early
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Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to common questions.
01Where does the chain come from?
From the records themselves: purchase order lines, bills of materials, manufacturing order components and the customer orders they serve.
02Does a scenario change anything?
No. It simulates; saved scenarios keep their result.
03What can I simulate?
A supplier or purchase order late, a machine stopping, demand changing, an extra shift — or, looking back, ordering earlier.
04Is spare time considered?
Yes — slack before a due date absorbs part of the delay.
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