SAP Supply Network Collaboration - Rapid-Deployment Solution for Customer Collaboration: Overview Video
Learn how the SAP Supply Network Collaboration rapid-deployment solution can help to improve the interaction with your customers and increase customer service.
SAP Supply Network Collaboration: rapid-deployment solution for customer collaboration. Staying close to your customers is the best way to sustain and grow your business. That means making sure your interaction with them is timely and responsive. And, it means managing changes in demand while streamlining activities across the supply chain. That’s where the SAP Supply Network Collaboration rapid-deployment solution for customer collaboration comes in. It lets you optimize data exchange on inventory and demands so you’re in touch with your customers and up-to-date on their needs. And it helps you avoid stock outs and excess inventory through responsive replenishment, so you’re better prepared to meet your customers’ demands. The rapid-deployment solution for customer collaboration is preconfigured software that supports best practices. With proven methods from SAP Consulting, you can install rapid deployment solutions quickly and affordably and be up and running usually within twelve weeks. The software comes at a fixed scope and price, so you can eliminate the guesswork, and deliver a solution to established expectations. And, it integrates with SAP business software for enterprise resource planning and supply chain management. The software supports demand-forecast collaboration in a transparent environment where you can see customer forecasts. You can compare and build consensus using actual consumption-based forecasts and a forecast that’s transmitted by the customer. With a consensus forecast, you can determine consensus demand to use for replenishment planning with data validation rules that help ensure the accuracy of the forecast. And, you can keep people informed about forecast activities by using pre-established rules for data mapping to your operational systems and pre-determined routing to those with a need to know. The software lets you set minimum and maximum stock limits to drive replenishment according to traditional vendor-managed inventory scenarios. That means you can plan replenishment based on minimum and maximum levels for a certain product that is maintained at your customer’s ship-to location. You can quickly assess stock volume through the color-coded, minimum-maximum Web browser and receive proactive alerts, for example, on expected stock outs. And, all data received from the customer is validated and mapped. The software supports responsive replenishment, so you’re ready to take vendor-managed inventory to the next level. The highly scalable solution supports vendor-managed inventory for high-volume transactions. You can do demand-driven replenishment with your customers in daily or even sub-daily buckets, including shifts in orders and shipments in the short term. And, you can manage promotional items separately with a complete replenishment process, and optimize truck loads. The SAP Supply Network Collaboration rapid-deployment solution for customer collaboration gives you enhanced visibility, so you can plan for supply delays and respond to changes in demand. And, a rapid-deployment solution lets you get up and running quickly with preconfigured functionality at a predetermined scope, time, and cost. Are you ready-to-run?