Industry Value Network Group for High Tech

Intelligent device management (IDM) enables the active, secure monitoring and maintenance of remote devices in real time over the Internet. Questra's IDM Application Suite, which is available on the SAP NetWeaver platform, and the Questra RemoteService composite application allow manufacturers to leverage their SAP software infrastructure to automatically generate service notifications in their SAP business applications, such as the SAP ERP customer service module and SAP CRM. With Questra Remote Service, OEMs can transform their service operations from reactive to proactive – reducing costs, increasing productivity, and delivering remote services that drive profitability and customer loyalty.

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.

The introduction of the RoHS legislation in 2006 has made environmental compliance a top agenda item for high-tech manufacturers. And as the amount of environmental legislation increases, so to has the need for an integrated, end-to-end product compliance solution. TechniData has met the need with Compliance for Products (TechniData CfP).

CfP enables SAP customers to integrate compliance processes throughout the highly dispersed high-tech supply chains by providing automated supply-side as well as customer-side communication, alert handling, and efficient compliance data management. It streamlines compliance processes while mitigating the risk and consequences of noncompliance, and it seamlessly integrates with SAP's solutions, completing an integral part of our customers' business processes.

The Visiprise flagship solution, SAP Manufacturing Execution by Visiprise, enables manufacturers to manage and control shop floor and manufacturing operations. With functionality to capture, share, and store data for the manufacturing process, this solution provides easy access to accurate, relevant, and timely data; enhances communications between management and shop floor personnel; and improves manufacturing execution efficiency. By connecting the shop floor to the enterprise, SAP Manufacturing Execution by Visiprise provides the tight integration necessary for global visibility into manufacturing operations.