Industry Solution Supply Chain Management Solutions from Logicsoft
Supply-chain management can involve operations that deal with how customer orders are processed through the system and ultimately filled, as well as how raw materials are acquired and delivered for the manufacturing process.

 ◊ Objectives of Supply Chain Management:
  • Get the right product to the right place at the least cost.
  • Keep inventory as low as possible and still offer superior customer service.
  • Reduce cycle times.

 ◊ What is requires from IT?

The requirement is to create a data warehouse that could facilitate storing large number of transactions involved in Supply Chain Management in a demoralized form into a data warehouse and make it available using a simple, uniform interface to various users on the intranet and Extranet.

 ◊ How to do it ?
The key is to employ a three-tiered architecture that starts with an application server managing queries between the browser client and the warehouse.

   The data warehouse shall draw information from several relational and non-relational legacy data sources and provides internal users with critical operating data as an intranet application, and customers, vendors and staff monitor order status via an extranet application.

   This could be achieved using any one of the following options :

Benefits:

Web-centric data warehouses make data warehousing activities less expensive and easier to manage Components of Supply Chain Process.

   Manufacturers can deploy vast amounts of information to a wide range of end users at a low cost per user. A manufacturer can share information throughout the supply chain, enabling users around the world to drill down into mission-critical data and create ad hoc on-line reports quickly and easily.
 ◊ Standard Components of Supply Chain Management
  • Order Entry, customer orders are processed with the highest degree of efficiency, with the added flexibility of customer  credit checking, make-to-order kits, EDI interfaces and other advanced features.
  • Billing,automates sophisticated billing functions through integration with Order Entry, Activity-Based Management and manually-entered invoices. In addition, recurring invoices are generated according to user-defined billing frequencies.
  •  Accounts Receivable,enables you to manage customers, cash applications and credit functions. Automated capabilities  streamline the processes of credit and collections.
  • Inventory Control,innovative technologies, such as hand-held inventory computers, provide a highly effective means for  tracking and replenishing supplies.
  • Warehouse,the processes of shipping goods and generating requisitions are combined into a single efficient  component, simplifying the picking, packing and shipping of customer orders. With two-way interfaces, picking data can be  shared
    with remote warehouses or hand-held devices.
  • Purchase Order, interfaces with order entry, requisitions and warehousing to automate the generation of purchase  orders. High-speed electronic purchasing processes eliminate steps and reduce costs.
  • Invoice Matching,automatically matches invoices with purchase orders and receipts using the latest electronic commerce  technology. Purchase orders generated directly from customer orders automatically trigger customer invoices upon entry
    of  vendor invoices.
  • Accounts Payable, the system streamlines all payable functions, as well as the management and measurement of  vendor activity.
  • Sales Analysis,booking information, as well as actual invoices from Order Entry and Billing Entry, are stored in the  system. Multi-dimensional views of sales results enable you to identify and respond to changing business trends.
  • Workflow,internal and external resources are interconnected, empowering all levels of the organization to accomplish  tasks with maximum effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Cash Ledger,this central repository of all banking transactions can be tailored to your company's fiscal practices.
  • Requisitions,on-line paperless requisitions, which utilize time-saving templates, take full advantage of web capabilities  to establish efficient vendor relationships.
  • Tax, provides the solution to tax compliance, whatever your organization's level of complexity. User defined tax tables,  coupled with fully supported third-party products, assure you of accurate tax calculations and reporting of customer
    and  vendor transactions.
  • Work Order,by taking advantage of the system's build-to-order/stock capabilities, companies can fulfill customer orders  on
    a timely basis while controlling inventory costs and maximizing production capacity.
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