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The need for SCM solutions is so great that the market continues to grow at a rapid
pace. The worldwide market for supply chain management (SCM) software topped
an estimated $6 billion in 2006, and is expected to reach or exceed $8 billion by 2010,
according to the most current estimates from AMR Research
Additionally, since there are often many third-parties involved throughout the end-to-
end supply chain, SCM software is designed to enhance communication, collaboration,
and coordination with vendors and suppliers, transportation and shipping companies,
intermediaries, and other partners by enabling faster bi-directional information sharing.
AMR’s research found that the typical U.S. manufacturer is managing on average more
than 30 contract relationships. Supply chain management solutions allow enterprises to
handle that complexity while still responding to increasingly demanding customers.
But, SCM isn’t just for factories and production plants anymore. Retailers across the
globe are also putting SCM applications to good use, boosting supply chain efficiency
and gaining greater visibility into their distribution networks and inventory levels
across stores and outlets. Additionally, many types of service providers today maintain
sophisticated delivery channels that include numerous partners. Businesses like these
can also achieve significant return on investment from the use of SCM software.
Some SCM offerings on the market today also include capabilities for contract
management, product lifecycle management, and asset management.
Additionally, there are many emerging technologies that will have a significant impact on
supply chain management in the near futures. These advanced solutions, such as, radio
frequency identification (RFID), are poised to transform the way supply chains across
the globe are managed. Ask each vendor what their plans are for incorporating these
technologies into their solutions as their use becomes more prevalent.
Highlights
* Software for general, custom and project-based manufacturing, and industry-
specific products and expertise for metals and printed circuit boards.
* Satisfying customers through customer-focus, commitment, and professionalism.
* ERP, BI, CRM, APS, MES and configuration from one supplier.
* Active product support and enhancement deliver the capabilities and technologies
that customers want and need in their specific industries.
SELECT CUSTOMERS:
All Flex, Inc. (Cimnet Systems); Andersen Power Products (Intuitive); Advanced Scientifics,
Inc (Made2Manage); ATI Industrial Automation (Intuitive); B&K Corporation (Encompix);
Coretec, Inc. (Cimnet Systems);Haynes Wire Company (AXIS); Johnstown Wire
Technologies (AXIS); Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc. (Encompix); Smeal Fire Aparatus Co.
(Made2Manage)
* Encompix goes beyond standard ERP to offer project scheduling and management
for engineer-to-order projects that involve complex manufacturing and close tracking
of projects, costs and schedules.
* AXIS is the premiere solution for manufacturers of metals, wire and cable, as well as
metals service centers.
* Cimnet Systems offers comprehensive support for printed circuit board engineering
and fabrication, including design, fabrication, and certification. Professional services
and outsourced engineering services are also available.
Consona software products are designed to bring the entire company together by
offering broad application coverage that allows all departments to use the system
effectively, including management, sales, engineering, purchasing, operations,
manufacturing, quality, customer service, finance, accounting, and human resources.
* Business Intelligence
* Planning and Scheduling
* Engineering
* Product Configuration
* Estimating and Quoting
* Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
* Inventory, Production Control, Manufacturing
* Procurement, Supplier Management
* Quality
* Costing, Accounting and Finance
* E-commerce
* Human Resources, Time-and-Attendance, Payroll
Consona Technology
Manufacturers want to focus on building their business and satisfying their customers,
not running IT operations. Consona insulates manufacturers from technology worries by
making use of the latest proven technologies to support evolving needs and emerging
innovations. Microsoft technology forms the backbone of Consona’s applications with
wide use of the latest service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles to provide flexibility,
adaptability, connectivity, and ease-of-use.
Our software solutions are each augmented with a broad range of both traditional and
non-traditional services delivered by industry, product and process experts.
Highlights
* Offers next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions providing
capabilities across the entire enterprise, including manufacturing workflow.
* Based on the most agile and adaptable business architecture available, Epicor
ICE 2.0, combining collaborative Web 2.0 concepts with Epicor True SOA™ to
provide unprecedented scalability and flexibility on almost any device.
* Provides global solutions available in over 150 countries and over 35 languages
that comply with legal and industry standards.
Customer Focus:
Epicor’s ERP solutions help midmarket organizations and divisions and subsidiaries
of the Global 1000 maximize their most important resources for profitable growth.
Solutions are available for a number of industries including manufacturing, distribution,
services, hospitality and retail.
Select Customers:
Ace Clearwater, Alphatec Spine, Apogee Enterprises, Aqua-Aerobic Systems,
Bruno Independent Living Aids, Cold Jet, COLT Defense, General Dynamics, TEAM
Industries, Symetrics Industries, Symmetry Medical, Waterfurnace.
At the core of Epicor is an adaptable, collaborative architecture that satisfies the needs of
any manufacturer regardless of country, industry or device, enabling business anywhere
– business without barriers. Epicor delivers unprecedented business management,
providing real time, in-context business insight throughout any manufacturing
environment.
Epicor is a multidimensional solution uniquely equipped with rich feature sets supporting
any environment including make-to-order (MTO), engineer-to-order (ETO), configure-
to-order (CTO), mixed-mode, make-to-stock and discrete manufacturing. Built on
the second-generation service-oriented architecture (SOA), Internet Component
Environment (ICE) 2.0, Epicor fuses modern Web 2.0 technologies with True SOA
™ - delivering unprecedented flexibility and visibility across multiple departments.
Epicor’s ERP solutions go beyond traditional ERP, encompassing processes outside the
production and distribution cycle.
In addition to a full range of manufacturing capabilities, Epicor extends tools across back-
office processes including financial management, customer relationship management,
sales and customer service, providing real-time, in context information to employees
from the shop floor to the top floor.
Epicor Technology
Epicor provides the latest, most flexible and collaborative architecture available. Epicor
ICE 2.0 provides unprecedented levels of scalability, flexibility and configuration to modify
software to fit the workflow – rather than modifying workflow to fit the software. Whether
in the back office or on the manufacturing floor, Epicor provides the connectivity,
responsiveness and access to data needed to compete in today’s global economy.
Epicor’s hosting services provide the first step towards the end-to-end management of
mission-critical IT environments. The company’s managed services deliver a unique
value-add to customers, providing total peace of mind by ensuring that business systems
and processes stay up and running and operating at peak levels at all times.
Epicor Manufacturing
* Epicor Manufacturing is designed to meet the needs of progressive manufacturers,
regardless of shop environment. Epicor Manufacturing delivers built-in workflow
processes to manage the entire order cycle: from marketing, sales and customer
relationship management, through production, planning, sourcing and procurement
to installation, service and financial recognition. Complimented by a full-range of
enterprise capabilities, Epicor Manufacturing helps achieve maximum efficiency at
each plant, while providing innovative technology to span the entire enterprise.
Epicor Distribution
* Epicor Distribution is an end-to-end solution providing tools to efficiently assemble,
ship and deliver the finished goods. Epicor Distribution offers a full range of order
management, supply chain and warehousing capabilities built on a single business
platform based on industry-leading Web services architecture. Complimented by a full
suite of enterprise functionality, Epicor Distribution supports the needs of truly agile
distributors.
Highlights
Customer Focus:
Infor’s customer base is comprised of mid-market and larger enterprises predominately
in the aerospace, chemical, automotive, high-tech, metal and plastic fabrication, and
industrial equipment sectors.
Select Customers:
Hallmark Cards, Hankyu Cargo, Hitachi, American Airlines, Sypris Electronics, Grady
Memorial Hospital, Hartford Hospital, Rodgers Instruments, LLC, City of San Jose,
London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.
The thought leaders at Infor understand that their customers want to reduce the number
of vendors they work with and Infor strives to continue as their trusted “vendor of choice.”
Infor has a consistent 95% customer retention rate — one of the highest in the industry
— and 72% of its license revenues are generated by its current customers. Additionally,
over 1,000 new customers chose Infor last year for its unparalleled application breadth,
open technology, and global reach. The company is committed to continuing its growth
by broadening its best-in-class focus, and by providing the most innovative solutions and
services globally.
Customers can expect Infor to continue adding solutions based on market need and
customer demand. Infor is a unique software company — four years old with more than
thirty years experience. It has the stability, the agility, and the resources to meet the
business demands of a rapidly changing world.
Highlights
* #1 on-demand accounting/ERP software application.
* Thousands of customers globally, spanning a wide range of industries and
business sizes.
* The world’s most customizable ASP.
* Awards: “2008 Product of the Year Award” – Customer Interaction Solutions
magazine; Accounting Today Top 100 Products; “5 Star Rating” – CPA
Technology Advisor.
Customer Focus:
NetSuite’s main customer base consists of growing and medium size businesses
predominately in the eCommerce, wholesale and distribution, software, and retail sectors.
Select Customers:
Cash Edge, Tsar Nicoulia Caviar, Teleca, Kana, Virgin Money, Explore Consulting, Six Apart,
Domin-8 Enterprise Solutions, Oakland A’s Asahi Kasei, Cartridge World, Premiere Global
Services
NetSuite is the first and only company to give growing and midsize businesses on
demand web-based business applications to run their entire company. With thousands
of customers globally, NetSuite has earned numerous awards for its market leadership
and innovation from such leading publications as eWeek, CRM Magazine, InfoWorld,
PC Magazine, and The CPA Technology Advisor among others. NetSuite alone
provides integrated front office customer relationship management (CRM), back-office
enterprise resource planning (ERP), and ecommerce in one powerful application with the
modularity and flexibility necessary to meet your specific business needs
What this means is that, with the NetSuite solution, the entire business can run in real
time. Employees can move faster and smarter. Customers are served better. Orders can
be filled and tracked more quickly and easily, with inventory levels updated in real time.
And with full visibility into inventory by sales reps for order promising and by planners
for purchasing, companies can lower inventory levels, analyze inventory costs and
collaborate with vendors more effectively.
NetSuite OneWorld is the first and only on-demand system to deliver real-time
global business management and financial consolidation to mid-sized companies with
multinational and multi-subsidiary operations.
Netsuite OneWorld – Global Accounting/ERP
* Consolidated reporting. Multi-currency management with automated currency rate
updates ensures reports accurately reflect currency conversion.
* Rapid financial close. Real-time management and financial automation capabilities can
significantly reduce time to close.
* Cost reduction. You can staff back-office operations centrally — or in low-cost
locations — and the same employees can handle operations across multiple
subsidiaries.
* Global order management and sourcing. You can manage inventory and fulfillment
across multiple locations with product items represented globally or by each
subsidiary.
Highlights
* Deep experience - JDA has been serving the supply and demand chain for nearly
30 years.
* Offers several hosting and on-demand managed services.
* Focus on the retail industry.
Customer Focus:
As a partner to the world’s leading retailers, wholesaler-distributors and manufacturers,
JDA has helped more than 5,500 mid-tier and larger enterprise customers in more
than 60 countries streamline operations, cut costs, increase profitability and improve
customer service. Industries served by JDA solutions include retail, grocery, wholesale
distribution, and manufacturing.
Select Customers:
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd, Northern Tool &
Equipment Company, Pharmavite LLC, The Co-operative Group, Essar Group, World
Duty Free, Foschini Limited, Cadbury Schweppes, VF Corporation.
Across the global ERP landscape, JDA Software Group supplies the links in the
supply chain. The company’s supply and demand optimization (SDO) software helps
retailers and other businesses manage supply and demand chains, as well as business
processes ranging from planning and forecasting to e-commerce and store operations.
The company also offers point-of-sale applications to handle back-office functions,
including inventory management, receipts, and returns. Other products include analytic
applications for decision support and collaborative tools for maintaining product and
catalog information with partners, distributors, and suppliers. JDA boasts more than
5,400 customers worldwide.
JDA Technology
JDA offers several hosting and on-demand managed services to ensure a fit tailored
specifically to the needs of its customers. Whether an organization’s needs are as
simple as hardware hosting or as substantial as complete application management, JDA
provides a full-spectrum technology platform and support.
Highlights
Customer Focus:
RedPrairie delivers measurable results for customers in many markets, including high
tech and electronics, consumer goods, food and beverage, third party logistics, retail
and wholesale, service parts, and make-to-order manufacturing.
Select Customers:
Foster’s Group, TNT Logistics, Sony, Access Business Group, The Finish Line, The
Carphone Warehouse, Bob’s Discount Furniture, Cummins Filtration, Logiwiz, Accel,
Farmacia Guadalajara.
RedPrairie’s E2e solutions synchronize people and products throughout the customer
buying cycle to ensure goods reach the right place at the right time. At the point of sale,
this means consumers have access to desired products and that the store is staffed with
the right people to help them make their purchases. In the production cycle, it means
suppliers and manufacturers time and synchronize shipments and production based on
demand signals from the retailer. And in the back room of the store, it means having the
least amount of inventory, solving the “last yard” problem of the retail supply chain.
With 20+ global service sites and standard service methods that have been validated
over the last 30 years, RedPrairie provides unparalleled service and support.
RedPrairie Technology
RedPrairie’s RFID-enabled suite of supply chain execution solutions provide the
industry’s leading transportation, productivity, and distribution management capabilities,
integrated with process management components for real-time visibility, event
management and resolution, quality control, supplier collaboration and performance
measurement.
Highlights
Customer Focus:
Microsoft distributes its products primarily through the following channels: OEM;
distributors and resellers; and online services. Its Supply Chain Management products
are an integral part of its Dynamic ERP solution suite, which is used by small and
medium-sized organizations, enterprises, governmental institutions, educational
institutions, Internet Service Providers, application developers, and OEMs.
Select Customers:
Allchem Industries, Aspen Marketing, Giant Bicycle, CMC Motors, Festool, Bestseller,
Pebblestone Fashion International, Kwik Fit Netherlands, Tanner Companies, Rich
Foods Corporation.
Named for the third time to the “Top 100 Companies to Work for in America” list,
Microsoft Business Solutions employs more than 3,800 employees worldwide. The
company’s products and services automate essential business functions and enhance
the strategic value of financial and operational information. Microsoft Business Solutions
products are sold and implemented by a unique worldwide network of independent
partner organizations that share the company’s commitment to lasting customer
relationships.
Like its size, Microsoft’s ambitions are anything but small. The world’s number one
software company provides a variety of products and services, including its Windows
operating systems and Office software suite. The company has expanded into markets
such as video game consoles, servers and storage software, and digital music players.
In early 2008 the company made an unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo! for about $44.6
billion.
Microsoft Dynamics GP
* As an ERP software solution, Microsoft Dynamics for distributors manages inventory
and goods to keep distribution moving smoothly.
* Maintains tight control over distribution and streamlines the pick/pack/ship cycle to
gain competitive advantage.
* From forecasting to delivery, Microsoft Dynamics GP can help accelerate sales order
processes and reduce costs per transaction. Integrated applications help manage
inventory more effectively, fill orders faster, and improve customer service with e-
commerce.
* Enables a company to meet customer demand efficiently, with inventory and order
management that reduces cost, improves accuracy, and speeds fulfillment.
Highlights
* Backed by the strength of one of the world’s largest software application firms.
* Broad range of supply chain management applications fit the needs of companies
of all sizes, in all industries.
* Winner of several awards: Best Supply Chain Management System,’ Intelligent
Enterprise 2007 Readers’ Choice Award, ‘The Supply Chain Software Award,’
Supply Chain Excellence Awards organized by SCMLogistics World 2006.
Customer Focus:
Thousands of small to mid-size companies and larger enterprises across a broad
range of public and private sector industries use Oracle’s enterprise-class business
products and solutions to reduce cost and improve performance.
Select Customers:
Schneider National, Pella Corporation, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Doskocil, New
York City Housing Authority, Panasonic Factory Solutions, Intersil.
It is innovation that drives Oracle’s success. With the release of Oracle Fusion
Middleware, Oracle has begun debuting new products and functionality that reflect the
company’s goal: connecting all levels of enterprise technology to help customers access
the knowledge they need to respond to market conditions with speed and agility. Today,
Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Grid Computing,
support for enterprise Linux, and Oracle Fusion all fuel a commitment to innovation and
results that has defined Oracle for thirty years.
Looking ahead, Oracle will strive to become number one in middleware and number
one in software applications, just as the company has done in database applications.
The organization’s goal is to continue to innovate and to lead the industry—while always
making sure that it stays focused on solving the problems of the customers who rely on
its software.
The company’s success speaks for itself. Oracle applications run in more than 1,500
public sector organizations, 10 of the world’s top 10 banks, 20 of the world’s top 20
telecom companies, and 10 of the top 10 academic universities worldwide.
Oracle Technology
* Oracle Application Integration Architecture is a comprehensive set of products that
deliver sustainable business process based integrations across Oracle, third party and
custom applications. With its open, standards-based foundation, Oracle Application
Integration Architecture enables you to create streamlined business processes that
span application boundaries, while greatly shortening time to value.
Highlights
Customer Focus:
SAP Solutions are global software applications delivered for small businesses, midsize
companies, and large enterprises predominately in the retail, manufacturing, service,
and pharmaceutical sectors.
Select Customers:
Cat Logistics, LSI Logic, Airbus Spares Support and Services, Porsche AG, BASF
AG, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. Inc., Kraft Foods International, Conair, Siemens
Medical Solutions, Sony Marketing Asia Pacific.
Founded in 1972 as Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing, SAP has a
rich history of innovation and growth that has made it the recognized leader in providing
collaborative business solutions for all types of industries – in every major market. The
company, headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, employs more than 46,100 people in
more than 50 countries, and serves more than 43,400 customers worldwide.
With a mission statement that emphasizes experience, knowledge, and technology for
maximizing business, SAP has successfully leveraged its extensive experience to deliver
a comprehensive range of solutions to empower every aspect of business operations.
Organizations of all sizes can use SAP solutions – including small business solutions
and solutions for midsize companies – to reduce costs, improve performance, and gain
the agility to respond to changing business needs.
By deploying the best technology, services, and development resources, SAP has
delivered a business platform that unlocks valuable information resources, improves
supply chain efficiencies, and builds strong customer relationships. And through the
Global Solution Center, SAP Americas identifies customer needs and develops solutions
to meet these needs.
SAP is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the
New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol “SAP.”
SAP Technology
The SAP solutions suite comprises licensed and on-demand applications and services.
The company’s Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture (Enterprise SOA) is a blueprint
for an adaptable, flexible, and open IT architecture for developing services-based,
enterprise-scale business solutions. With SAP NetWeaver as a technical foundation,
enterprise SOA moves IT architectures to higher levels of adaptability – and moves
companies closer to the vision of real-time enterprises by elevating Web services to an
enterprise level.
Highlights
* Focus on supply chain management software. Deep commitment to offering
the best and deepest supply chain solutions to its customers.
* Deep investments in supply chain research and development—in excess of $45
million in 2007.
* Focus on small to mid-sized companies - 1,200 clients.
Select Customers:
Meteor Electrical, Kenco, Vera Bradley, Crocs Inc., Dalepak, Cabela, Global Shipping &
Logistics, The Co-op, Weetabix, Woolworths, MOL Logistics.
By combining planning and execution expertise with the highest level of customer
service, Manhattan Associates helps companies manage their entire supply chain more
efficiently than ever before. Their customers have the opportunity to leverage a single
solution provider for all their supply chain needs to make their jobs easier and serve their
customers better.
Globally, since 1990, Manhattan Associates has helped customers use technology
to identify the weak links in their supply chains, reconfigure their processes and
optimize their performance. Shortly after its inception in 1990 in Manhattan Beach,
California, Manhattan Associates gained a reputation for providing world-class
warehouse management solutions. Since that time, the company has continually
expanded its products and added capabilities to better serve its customers. Today
Manhattan Associates offers a holistic approach to supply chain with SCOPE: Supply
Chain Optimization—Planning through Execution, which brings together all the tools
businesses need to integrate, upgrade and optimize their supply chain.
Looking to the future, Manhattan Associates is aggressively pursuing the dynamic level
of growth it must achieve to meet the needs of its global customers. In 2006 alone,
Manhattan Associates added 400 employees to help it initiate 260 implementations.
The company’s investment in research and development continues to exceed any other
company’s, and has increased 250% in the last five years, to a 2007 total of $45 million.
* Distribution Management
- Warehouse Management
- Slotting Optimization
- Labor Management
- Billing Management
- Supplier Enablement
- Hub Management