High-tech companies struggle to net the full advantage of low-cost labor markets while managing their supply networks across their highly dispersed supply chains. However, inefficiencies resulting from supply chain disruptions can diminish any benefits gained – unless companies can acquire more sophisticated solutions that enable automation, increase visibility, and improve control over global processes and partners.

Through its Industry Value Network group for high tech, SAP is stimulating the development of end-to-end solutions that target the needs of the highly complex manufacturing processes of high-tech companies.

Group members, including peer companies, independent software vendors (ISV) partners, systems integrators, and industry titans, are working with SAP to develop SAP NetWeaver-based solutions that can extend the value of our high-tech customers' IT investments. This unique approach improves the technological innovation and flexibility available to SAP customers while lowering their total cost of ownership.

Independent Software Vendors

Enterprise Inventory Optimization

Enterprise Inventory Optimization SmartOps' Enterprise Inventory Optimization solution provides a comprehensive, enterprise-scale process for optimizing inventory-stocking levels for each finished product and raw material component at each stocking location in a multi-tier distribution or manufacturing supply chain. It enables companies to pursue perfect product availability while significantly reducing inventory and working capital as the business innovates and grows. The solution is a key component of effective integrated demand-driven supply network (DDSN) planning and optimization, and of dynamic sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes.

More Information

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To find out more about SAP's offering for the high-tech industry and how SAP solutions can support your business processes, see the SAP Business Maps for High Tech.