Supply Chain Management – Innovations 2011 features

Advanced Planning and Optimization

• Support production planning capabilities for process industries
• Improve integration of planning and order promising, as well as longer planning runs
• Increase efficiency of available supply in the supply network

Collaborative Demand and Supply Planning

• Efficiently monitor fluctuating demand and high product complexity
• Respond more efficiently and effectively to demand, supply, and compliance dynamics across a globally distributed environment

Extended Warehouse Management

• Leverage robust functionality of extended warehouse processes across departments
• Profit from greater visibility into responsive operations

Manufacturing Network Planning and Execution

• Simplify customer interaction with the supply base system
• Support supplier performance analysis to help customers leverage available comprehensive data
• Include analysis examples such as on-time delivery with correct quantity
• Provide a rapid-deployment solution for supplier collaboration
• Reduce time and effort for implementation of supplier collaboration processes

Manufacturing Productivity Improvements

• Increase end-user productivity and usability with new functionality and flexibility
• Enhance administration and compliance with a new user interface

Supply Chain Response Management

• Improve customer service and revenue by improving inventory turns
• Reduce excess and obsolete inventory write-offs

Transportation Management

• Optimize processes for freight forwarding
• Support more robust planning for shippers
• Improve freight costing, performance, and reporting
• Accelerate innovation in transportation and logistics, focusing on freight-forwarders with ocean freight business
• Provide better capabilities that support manufacturing and retail customers