Lean Demand-Driven

Lean Demand-Driven supply chains allow companies to increase operational flexibility to respond faster to changes in demand thereby reducing inventory and improving customer service.

Strategic Drivers

• Reduced Costs:
  Reduce cycle times and supply chain inventory.
• Improved Flexibility and Customer Service:
  Improve quality and reduce stock-outs.

Seagate Builds Supply Chain Driven by Customer Demand
Learn how Seagate created a demand-driven supply chain by implementing a successful vendor/supplier managed inventory program.Access Case Study

Execution Challenges

• Complex Processes:
  Lean Demand-Driven requires joint execution of more complex pull-based replenishment models with trading partners making it more difficult to automate processes.
• Complete Visibility:
  Lean Demand-Driven processes require a complete view of real-time information to current demand and available supply.
• Trading Partner Integration:
  All global trading partners regardless of process and technology-readiness must be able to integrate their data and back-end systems to participate in lean processes.

Proven Approach

Industry leaders that have successfully executed Lean Demand-Driven Initiatives find that sharing a single view of information and processes between themselves and their trading partners is essential.

• Rapid Time to Value:
  E2open on-demand solutions offer the industry’s fastest time to value – most implementations are up and running in 90 days or less. This is made possible by E2open’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model, comprehensive trading partner on-boarding and fine-tuned best practices.
• Lower Total Cost of Ownership:
  E2open offers an economical and predictable monthly fee, and E2open SaaS means no additional costs for upgrades, maintenance, operation or support, and all partner on-boarding is provided.
• Continuous Value Roadmap:
  With at least two product releases every year delivering powerful new functionality and unique value-added services, E2open consistently delivers long-term value by enabling you to meet continuously changing market demands.
• Greater Data Accuracy:
  E2open delivers highly accurate data, enhancing visibility across the supply chain, and adding to the value of your other enterprise management technologies, such as ERP.
• Seamless Integration:
  E2open provides seamless integration between internal enterprise applications and trading partners – including suppliers, customers, distributors and logistics providers – enabling you to maximize your current investments in ERP and other technologies. E2open offers a portfolio of integration options covering 100% of your extended value chain – regardless of your partner’s technical sophistication, enabling even faster time to value. Options include all forms of B2B communication; integration to any B2Bi server; direct integration to SAP, Oracle, and other ERPs; a Web portal; and use of traditional formats such as Excel and PDF.
• Proven Success:
  E2open has deployed more successful multi-enterprise supply chain management solutions than any other provider – validated by global leaders in the electronics, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, capital equipment, and consumer product industries that use E2open to drive significant improvements in business performance.

Information Replaces Inventory
Hear firsthand how Seagate Technology (Forbes 2006 Company of the Year) created a demand-driven supply chain by implementing a successful Vendor/Supplier Managed Inventory program.Access Webcast

Solution Requirements

To successfully share a single view of information and processes across multiple companies, industry leaders are leveraging a new class of solution.

• Multi-Enterprise Workflows:
  Multi-enterprise supply chain and procurement workflows providing process automation with alerting and exception management.
• Multi-Enterprise Analytics and Reporting:
  Analytics and reporting against a multi-enterprise data repository for consistent performance management and scorecards across companies.
• Exception Management:
  User configurable event management providing alerting and exception management.
• Trading Partner On-boarding and Integration:
  Any-to-any integration infrastructure with rapid global deployment capabilities including trading partner on-boarding and system integration.
• On-going Operations and Change Management:
  On-going operations, support and change management, including technology upgrades, measured against a global Service Level Agreement (SLA) and providing a reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).