Supply Chain Visibility

Global supply chain teams need to have near-real time visibility to the status of orders, shipments and in-transit inventory to optimize their network. Desired by many, and achieved by few, Supply Chain Visibility is complicated by the realities of today’s global network: multiple trading partners, all with different information systems and data definitions, and information that can flow at unpredictable times. The following factors are also major challenges for companies to develop a Supply Chain Visibility project:

	▪	The cost of integration is very high
	▪	The integration requirements vary widely among message type and mode
	▪	Data quality can not be efficiently monitored and maintained causing users to lose confidence in the content
	▪	The software can not handle the complex structures and relationships of orders to shipments to equipment

Access our Supply Chain Visibility Success eKit for customer case studies, key capabilities, analyst reports, and solution differentiators to consider when improving your supply chain.

Our Supply Chain Visibility solution addresses the complexity of your global network with five key capabilities that are all needed to provide users with consistent, reliable and timely information:

	▪	Supply Chain Network. Over the past two decades we have built one of the most extensive networks in the industry, using secure, e-commerce technologies to connect suppliers, forwarders, transportation carriers across all modes, and customs brokers. We are experts in on-boarding supply chain partners and enjoy a high degree of reuse which allows us to offer faster, more cost-effective deployments.
	▪	Data Quality Management. A visibility solution is only as good as the data that powers it. Over the years we have developed a proprietary set of technologies and business processes to ensure that your data is complete, accurate and timely.
	▪	Order, Shipment and Inventory Visibility. Our visibility software can handle the complex structures associated with orders and multi-mode shipments, and tracks inventory at a granular-enough level to make fulfillment decisions such as diversions or direct-to-store delivery.

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Alerts & Event Management.
Our customers are able to sift through mountains of data to focus efforts on the most critical issues that affect supply chain performance. We develop schedules by origin, destination and product/service type to measure attainment of a milestone plan. You know when the shipment is on-time, early or late and can take appropriate action.

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Performance Management.
And this information is then aggregated and optimized for reporting in our business intelligence platform, powered by Business Objects.

Access reports from a personal or departmental dashboard, generate KPI metrics and scorecards, or develop complex ad-hoc analyses to effectively manage the performance of your service providers and streamline your supply chain.

Access our Supply Chain Visibility Success eKit for customer case studies, key capabilities, analyst reports, and solution differentiators to consider when improving your supply chain

Supply Chain Visibility offers a powerful platform to automate processes, support continuous improvement programs and to manage performance data, help your team improve planning, execution and to focus efforts by configuring alerts to:

	▪	Coordinate POs with suppliers
	▪	Monitor supplier ship windows
	▪	Manage origin logistics
	▪	Expedite delayed shipments
	▪	Identify shipments stuck in Customs
	▪	Trigger dray carrier when goods clear Customs
	▪	Divert shipments to reduce stock-outs

And, with new regulations such as the Importer Security Filing (aka 10+2), it is more important than ever to have more visibility and control over what happens at origin.

According to an AberdeenGroup survey, 79 percent of large enterprises reported lacking critical supply chain process visibility due to manual-driven processes or inadequate, home-grown visibility solutions which accounted for longer lead times and higher inventory levels.

Download the AberdeenGroup Global Supply Chain Benchmark Report to see how your company’s supply chain compares.

LIBRARY
WEBINARS
NEWS

▪	Supply Chain Visibility Brochure

▪	Customs 10+2 Compliance

▪	Performance Management Brochure

▪	Aberdeen Report: Global Supply Chain Benchmark

▪	White Paper: Automating the Import Supply Chain

▪	Automating the Import Supply Chain at Leggett & Platt

▪	Flash Video: Automating the Import Supply Chain

▪	Customer Interview: Leggett & Platt

▪	Strategic Opportunities that 10+2 Presents

▪	Press Release: Ocean World Lines Sails Ahead with New Order Tracking Portal

▪	Press Release: Fiesta Gas Grills Keeps on Cooking with Management Dynamics’ Supply Chain Visibility

▪	Vendor / Carrier Accountability Inbound Logistics

▪	Shippers Sign Up for Monitor Software International Freighting Weekly

▪	Danger in the Chain Supply Chain Standard

▪	Calming the Waters on 10+2 Outsourced Logistics

▪	NAFTA: Learning to Love Thy Neighbor Industry Week


▪	Supply Chain Network
▪	Data Quality Management
▪	Dashboards
▪	Order Visibility
▪	Shipment Visibility
▪	Alerts & Event Management
▪	Custom Reports
▪	Performance Management and Scorecards

▪	Identify operational bottlenecks
▪	Reduce cycle times
▪	Eliminate excess inventory
▪	Reduce supply variability and safety stock
▪	Minimize expedited shipments
▪	Improve customer service
▪	Reduce stock-outs and mark-downs






"We truly value our partnership with Management Dynamics as we work together to continuously create enhancements to the system and additional benefits to the user which has significantly improved our customer loyalty and retention." "We needed a solution that provided visibility into our manufacturing and distribution process at the supplier level, the ability to generate commercial documents and a platform on which to coordinate all of our global operations. The Supply Chain Visibility solution could help us to double our business this year without having to add additional staff to our procurement organization."