Adonix Geode GX is a warehouse management system (WMS) designed for midsized manufacturers and distributors. The system is an incremental step for companies that require warehousing functionality that is available in standard enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, but want to limit the number of vendors used to obtain robust back-office, shop floor, and warehousing capabilities. Adonix Geode GX helps companies move from basic inventory control or radio frequency-based stock locator systems to a configurable rule-based WMS. Adonix Geode GX is designed to support international data requirements and processing needs found in warehouse storage facilities. Its multisite and multinational orientation is for midsized companies who have expanded or are seeking to expand their businesses into global markets.For more information visit the company web sitewww.adonix.comor the product homepagehttp://www.adonix.com/products/warehousing.html
Demand Solutions is a system of applications designed to meet the needs of supply chain planning. From customer collaboration to supplier collaboration and everything in between, Demand Solutions can meet the requirements. The system includes forecasting, replenishment planning, store level replenishment planning, sales and operations planning, rough-cut capacity planning, and VMI, as well as generic interface software. With over 2,000 locations installed in 67 countries, in virtually every type of manufacturing and distribution company, Demand Solutions represents a proven global solution. For more information, visit the company's web sitehttp://www.demandsolutions.com/
The Adexa Enterprise Global Planning System (eGPS) is a suite of eleven integrated solutions. It delivers an enterprise business planning solution encompassing supply chain planning, event and enterprise performance management, and intelligent collaboration. Adexa gives a local and global view of supply and demand requirements and constraints, and provides insights for optimization. Event management capabilities issues alerts about issues through KPI reports, alerts, and messages. eGPS business solutions include corporate planning; supplier management; event management and analytics; order fulfillment; order life cycle planning; supply chain planning; factory planning and scheduling; product life cycle; collaborative demand and supply planning; sales; and inventory and operations planning.For more information, see the product web page:http://www.adexa.com/solutions/solutions.asporhttp://www.adexa.com/
Part of Epicor's end-to-end integrated suite of enterprise applications,
Epicor SRM is a complete solution for managing and maximizing supplier
relationships. Epicor Sourcing is a highly configurable, web-based framework
that provides companies the tools to quickly and easily integrate strategic
sourcing, dynamic pricing, collaboration and negotiation, and complex auctioning
capabilities into their e-commerce and purchasing platforms. Epicor eProcurement
is a complete purchasing management solution that provides a seamless connection
between buyers and suppliers for the purchase of direct and indirect goods and
services.
For more information visit the company web site
http://www.epicor.com/
or the product homepage
http://e.epicor.com/e/eCommerce/srm.htm
The n.SKEP solution suite enables a company to view, analyze, simulate, and
understand all supply chain data. Supply chain managers are given a clear vision
of the alternatives so they can easily make the right decisions. n.SKEP covers
all supply chain processes at the strategic and tactical levels, as well as at
the operation level, and enables drawing up multilevel forecasts, planning,
optimization of distribution, and production. n.SKEP solutions enable
information sharing between users via the intranet or Internet, warning them if
any changes are made by anyone, and allowing synchronization of all relevant
data. By using Single Click Collaborative technology, each click by a user
enables immediate recalculation of all parameters impacted at all supply chain
levels, while minimizing the number of clicks helps make n.SKEP more user
friendly.
For more information, see the company's web site
http://www.pmcorp.com
or the product homepage
http://www.pmcorp.com/skep/sc_planning.shtm
SAP SCM 4.0 is the one solution platform that offers packaged application capabilities that grow with your organization, support your business requirements, and transform traditional supply chains into adaptive supply chain networks. SAP SCM 4.0 includes SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO), SAP Inventory Collaboration Hub (SAP ICH), and SAP Event Management (SAP EM).http://www.sap.com/solutions/scm/scm40.aspor http://www.sap.com/
Taylor solutions help companies in the pharmaceutical, chemical, packaging, and parts fabrication to improve their bottom line. Taylor Scheduler is a highly intuitive, real-time scheduling system that gives the foresight to proactively schedule detailed production activities across the whole plant, and anticipate resource conflicts, shortages, and other problems. Built on a model of the actual capacity, constraints, and processes of production operations, it ensures that deliveries will be met. The Taylor Execution Scheduling System, or TESS®, fills the gap between the capabilities of most enterprise systems and the realities of the shop floor. Taylor Capacity Planner gives a solution to capacity management issues by allowing users to evaluation alternatives, and implement solutions. It can also solve many problems without intervention, which allows planners to focus their expertise on addressing more pressing issues. Using two decision techniques, Taylor Batch Allocator allows users to define business rules, and uses genetic algorithms to rapidly evaluate various ways of allocating orders.
For more information, visit the company's web site
http://www.taylor.com/
SCM Live, is delivered live, via the Internet, and requires no hardware or software to install or manage. Enterprises are able to gain a window of visibility into their supply chain, on-demand, at any given moment, and execute an immediate action from that window. Unlike traditional software that is designed for use by one company in a single server environment, SCM Live is designed for thousands of separate companies in a single instance of the application.For more information, visit the company web site'www.mitrix.com
Designed to meet the supply chain needs of enterprises cross-industry, Apptricity’s supply chain management suite automates all financial, data, and product process components. Supply Chain Apptricity can help you automate your order management and fulfillment through transportation scheduling, tracking, and receiving processes. Apptricity’s applications increase control and visibility as your asset or inventory demands are procured and delivered across multiple modes to your manufacturing facility, distribution center, warehouse, retail outlet or user.For more information visit the company web sitehttp://www.apptricity.comor visit the product's homepagehttp://www.apptricity.com/sol_ent_chain.htm
PeopleSoft offers a range of Internet-enabled software that facilitates all stages of supply chain management, from planning through execution. PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne Supply Chain Management (SCM) helps streamline everything from the earliest sales forecasts to customers' acknowledgements of orders received. It can also model complex supply chain scenarios, factoring in all relevant costs and all potential supply and demand constraints. The SCM software easily extends supply chain business processes beyond a company's four walls, making it possible to adjust to unforeseen events in real time.
The M3 Supply Chain Management suite is designed to increase visibility and improve material flow through the supply chain by managing planning, scheduling, procurement and fulfillment for optimum service levels and maximum profitability. M3 Supply Chain copes as easily with the configuration of increasingly complex supply chains as it does with high volumes of simple transactions, using flexible tools to help with strategic decision making and operational control.Lawson M3 Supply Chain encompasses sophisticated planning and optimization tools, highly configurable warehouse execution functions, advanced procurement applications, and comprehensive fulfillment and scheduling options. It brings the sophisticated functionality normally associated with costly best-of-breed solutions within easy reach of medium-sized enterprises. Simple to use, fully integrated, and with an extremely low cost of ownership, M3 Supply Chain provides significant opportunity to gain competitive advantage through optimized use of resources and inventories.For more information, visit the company's web sitehttp://www.lawson.com/wcw.nsf/pub/About_indexor the product home pagehttp://www.lawson.com/wcw.nsf/pub/scm
The definition of a successful manufacturing enterprise is one that builds the right products, at the right time, for the right price. That’s why so many manufacturing companies today are focused on managing the entire value-added chain, from the supplier to manufacturer, right through to the final customer. Supply chain management (SCM) has one overriding objective: to get more throughput from existing resources. SCM functionality helps companies reduce inventory, increase the transaction speed by exchanging data in real time, and increase sales by implementing customer requirements more efficiently.Through the use of portals, Macola ERP SCM users can collaborate with customers and see a real-time view of activity across the organization. It starts with the ability to accurately forecast customer demands, and continues with effective planning and scheduling of the flow of materials through the enterprise, to assure on-time delivery and maximum discounts from suppliers.The vendor's solutions enable users to track orders from beginning to end, right out to the customer. And users can make changes on the fly. All corporate information is located in one database, saving employees valuable time when looking for information. Drill-down reporting and analysis is at your fingertips, keeping the process running smoothly. Users can manage customer expectations by providing realistic product delivery dates based on actual and planned material availability, current production capacity, and vendor lead times. Exact provides the tools to evaluate options for expediting materials or adding capacity to meet a requested date, or to propose alternate delivery options when it is not possible to meet the customer’s requested date.Out-of-stocks and excess inventory can be avoided through recommended job and purchase order processes. Users can purchase materials “just-in-time” relative to the live production schedule. For more information, see the company's web sitehttp://www.exactamerica.com/?source=TEC
Within the store, Retalix provides a tightly integrated suite of products that include point of sale (POS), fuel, back-office, vendor receiving, loyalty program, self-service checkout, wireless hand-held solutions, and Web-based reporting functionality.At the headquarters, Retalix provides host functionality for grocery retailers to manage and gain insight into price and item management, with the ability to develop and deliver targeted customer promotions. In the warehouse, Retalix provides a feature-rich inbound and outbound solution with voice-picking capabilities.For more information, see the company's web sitehttp://www.retalix.com/or the product homepagehttp://www.retalix.com/index.cfm?pageid=999
Supply Chain Management Suite and Ormed X helps companies automate processes for requesting, sourcing, purchasing, tendering, warehousing, equipment distribution, and supply. It is an Internet-enabled solution that can also help manage receiving, invoice reconciliation, payments, asset entry, vendor contract management, patient charges, and clinical supply management. For more information, visit the company web sitehttp://www.ormed.comor the product web pagehttp://www.ormed.com/products/index.asp
Blinco's 3rdwave solutions provides business process design, real-time visibility of inventory across the global supply chain, landed cost capability and control, product and documentary compliance support, customer and vendor performance analysis, global logistics execution and management control, and integrated accounting and financial control.
The Accuplus® Integrated Distribution Logistics® System is a comprehensive software package for managing warehouse and distribution logistics operations.
Cambian C/3 provides 4 key capabilities: (1) Distributed Multi-Channel Order Fulfillment with customer-specific visibility into your product catalog and product availability, with automated order capture, commitment, and fulfillment; (2) Consensus-Based Demand Forecasting including automated collection, aggregation, and review of customer demand forecasts, with integration to decision support tools and historical records, as well as automated generation of replenishment plans; (3) Multi-Mode Replenishment with customer-specific visibility into distributed inventories, including consigned and in-transit inventories, with control and automation of replenishment transactions; (4) Multi-Channel Sourcing including catalog aggregation across multiple suppliers, sharing of materials requirements based on automated bill of material explosion, and automated order placement and fulfillment.
The Sockeye CAF technology platform enables adaptive supply chain collaboration, which is a supply chain transformation methodology for reaching throughout the supply network to gain competitive differentiation.
STC's CoreWMS is a web based warehouse management system. Staff and partners can easily access the CoreWMS features and functionality using their native language; Can be easily integrated with preexisting enterprise applications (CRM, ERP, accounting); Platform and Database independent.
Demantra Spectrum™ is a collaborative, demand-driven supply chain solution that combines marketing planning and analytics, demand management, and inventory planning and optimization tools that enable planning and optimization around both the demand and the supply side of the business.
DigitaLogistix is a suite of supply chain execution solutions. It includes applications for warehouse management, transportation management, and productivity management, with components for real time visibility, performance measurement, and supplier collaboration.
The Verticent enterprise business sytem, called ERP Plus, combines Verticent's ERP, CRM, e-business, and business intelligence solutions into one comprehensive front-office and back-office solution—connecting traditionally disparate islands of enterprise information.
FlexiStock™ is a wireless, highly flexible inventory control and management solution that can turn practically any space into a secure, unmanned stocking location.
The Global Supply Chain Collaboration Suite supports collaborative work processes at the points along the supply chain where retail trading partners interact.
GSQA is an enterprise-wide supply chain event management application that improves yield by helping to identify disruptions, which cause a company's factory to run at less than perfect productivity.
GT Nexus Enterprise Solutions for Global Logistics
by GT Nexus
GT Nexus integrated global logistics solutions are based on a proven, Internet-centric technology platform designed for transportation logistics and supply chain execution coordination on a global scale.
CatalystCommand Inventory Optimization and CatalystCommand DemandManagement leverage data from existing ERP, transaction and POS systems toprovide advanced functionality in the form of demand forecasting, automatedsupply analysis, inventory modeling, replenishment and distribution.
iVelocity contains comprehensive capability to route and optimize shipments, process invoices for payment to freight companies, file and monitor freight loss and damage claims and extensive analytical tools for managing a supply chain.
LogicTools suite of software products help optimize supply chain decisions by considering production, warehousing, transportation and inventory costs, and service level requirements.
Logility Voyager Solutions is a complete set of supply chain management solutions in one Internet-based collaborative framework, including global supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; supply and sourcing optimization; transportation planning and execution; and warehouse management.
LogiView Solutions enable visibility, connectivity and enhanced performance through the aggregation and processing of information from third party logistics providers, trading partners, and carriers.
LTT Planner includes modules for demand forecasting, inventory planning, master production scheduling, distribution requirements planning, and daily actionable report generation.
PeopleSoft® Enterprise is a family of best-in-class applications based on the company's Pure Internet Architecture® designed for flexible configuration and open, multi-vendor integration.
PSI Planner is a supply chain planning system designed for Windows operating systems. It features integrated sales forecasting, distribution requirements planning, material requirements planning, and master production scheduling modules.
QAD Enterprise Applications is a complete suite of products with functionality that addresses the needs of single-site and multinational organizations.
The company's flagship product, Radio Beacon, is an integrated pick-pack-and-ship solution for wholesale distributors, Internet retailers, and third party logistics operations.
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Roadmap Millennium is Roadmap's flagship analytic software. Roadmap Millennium version 3.0 includes technology required to improve business planning, such as OLAP, financial modeling, statistics, forecasting, and scenario planning.
RockySoft's Web-based inventory management modules for distribution and manufacturing include Active Inventory Manager, Demand Management, Demand Collaboration Portal, Economic Order Manager, Requirements Planner, Capable to Promise, Supplier Portal, and Vendor Managed Inventory.
The Skyway Direct Procurement Unification (DPU) suite bridges data across the enterprise. Skyway's DPU gives the enterprise consolidated visibility and control over its supply chain.
Supply Chain Advantage, HighJump’s radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabled product suite, includes solutions for warehouse and yard management, transportation management, supply chain visibility, and event management.
TradeStream fundamentally changes the way cross-enterprise trade is conducted today. The Internet application leverages the web to tie together any business systems – including ERP, order entry, inventory and fulfillment – to capture, coordinate and manage product inventory information across an enterprise and its suppliers, distributors and customers.
WaerLinx™ is "pull" management software that optimizes the receipt, storage, and issuing of direct-to-line replenishment of components into manufacturing and distribution centers by linking the suppliers directly with the point of use.
Wahupa SCM is developed in managed code in Microsoft .NET, and is fully supported on Microsoft Windows (2000 and XP) and Windows Server 2003 operating systems.
WMS is material handling software, with the functionality for coordinating appointment control, docks and yard management, receiving, allocation, picking, packing, outbounds, material in process, shipments, and truck loading.
Negotium is a client-side software than enables the simple and secured processing of various documents and business procedures in conformity with retailers’ requirements.
Changing business requirements have forced supply chain execution (SCE) vendors to expand via add-on modules. Seeing this upward push from the SCE vendors, enterprise resource planning vendors are now pushing downward and including SCE modules within their solutions.
Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic - December 24, 2007
Due to the inherent challenges of the industry, most chemical companies are still unable to profitably respond to highly variable demand, or to execute predictable product supply strategies.
The software as a service (SaaS) delivery model is here to stay, and most vendors have noticed. Recently, the endorsement for SaaS in the realm of manufacturing enterprise resource planning has come from a veteran vendor and SaaS pioneer.
This article examines the organizational fit of radio frequency identification (RFID) and its technology’s basic mechanics. Its prohibitive costs often account for the decision to not implement RFID. Yet some factors influencing adoption may shed new light on why RFID is important.
Because manufacturers are now competing globally, they have shifted production to developing countries where cost of labor and resources is low. Software vendors have combined supply chain management functionality with enterprise resource planning software to stay globally competitive.
