Supply Chain Management (SCM) Software Listing

Criteria in this knowledge base pertain to managing supplier, manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, and customer business processes. Addressing demand management, warehouse management, international trade logistics, transportation execution, and many other issues for a complete solution, this knowledge base will support your evaluation of an SCM suite.

Adonix Geode GX

by Adonix

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

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Demand Solutions

by Demand Management Inc.

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/

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eGPS

by Adexa

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/

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n.Skep

by Production Modeling Corporation

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

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SAP SCM 4.0

by SAP

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/

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Schedule / Plan / Operate

by Taylor Scheduling Software, Inc

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/

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SCM Live

by Mitrix

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

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Supply Chain Apptricity

by Apptricity

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

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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supply Management

by Oracle

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.

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Lawson M3 Supply Chain Management

by Lawson Software

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 

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Macola ERP Supply Chain Management (SCM)

by Exact Software North America

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

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Supply Chain Management Suite and Ormed X

by Ormed Information Systems

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

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