LogicTools

LogicTools Inc. provides strategic supply chain optimization software. It offers a suite of supply chain planning solutions, including network design and planning, supply chain and inventory planning and optimization solutions, supply chain scheduling applications, distribution and stocking solution, and production sourcing and asset planning solutions. It serves consumer packaged goods, distribution, high-tech, manufacturing, process and chemical, and retail industries. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Since April 11, 2007, LogicTools has been a subsidiary of ILOG, which became an IBM company in January 2009. On March 31, 2015, LLamasoft acquired the IBM ILOG supply chain applications, which includes IBM ILOG Inventory and Product Flow Analyst, IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE, and IBM ILOG Transportation Analyst.

Inventory and Product Flow Analyst LogicNet Plus XE Transportation Analyst.

David Simchi-Levi, PhD, serves as Chief Science Officer of ILOG. Dr. Simchi-Levi co-founded of LogicTools Inc. (now part of ILOG) in 1995 and serves as its Consultant. He serves as the editor-in-chief of Operations Research, the flagship journal of INFORMS. He also served as the editor-in-chief of Naval Research Logistics. He served as Chief Executive Officer of LogicTools Inc. He served positions in leading academic institutions, including Berkeley, Columbia University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, Purdue University, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech. He served as Chairman and Director of LogicTools, Inc. He served as Member of the board for several scientific journals. Dr. Simchi-Levi serves as Professor of Engineering Systems of MIT. He has won awards for his work in supply chain, logistics, and transportation. He has consulted and collaborated extensively with private and public organizations. He is co-author (with Julien Bramel) of "The Logic of Logistics," published by Springer in 1997. His new book, "Designing and Managing the Supply Chain," co-written with Philip Kaminsky and E. Simchi-Levi was published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill in August 1999. The book received the book-of-the-year award and the Outstanding IIE Publication award given in 2000 by the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Dr. Simchi-Levi received his Ph.D. in operations research from Tel-Aviv University.