Supply Collaboration: The Difference Between Supply Shortages and Revenue Wins
Outsourced manufacturing creates blind spots that lead to lost inventory and missed revenue. Connected planning and multi-tier collaboration turn that risk into a competitive edge.
Read our latest brief, Harness the Power of Sub-Tier Collaboration, to discover how.
Missing components could mean missing revenue
If you can’t build it, you can’t sell it. Tech companies often lack insight to inventory and forecasts for critical components, leading to product misses, obsolete inventory, and reduced profitability.
Component constraints
Supply shortages of critical components are commonplace, threatening product lead times
Disconnected planning
Brands, contract manufacturers, and sub-tier supplies don’t effectively share plans and forecasts
Complex supply networks
Brands lack inventory visibility to choke points in their multi-tier supply chains
ANALYST REPORT
Nucleus Research: Assessing the Value of e2open Supply Chain Planning for Manufacturers
Download this independent analyst report to see how our integrated software platform helped two large manufacturers successfully manage several production challenges at once and resulted in $15M in total savings through inventory optimization, enhanced visibility, and improved supplier collaboration.
REDUCE BLIND SPOTS
Make production more predictable with supply collaboration
The more components and materials your product has, the more blind spots you have to deal with. The solution is synchronized supply chain planning, which gives you X-ray vision into sub-tier inventories and forecasts across outsourced manufacturing and suppliers.
Comprehensive scenario planning
Digitizing supplier relationships is on every supply chain wishlist – somewhere between “accurate forecasts” and “world peace” – but there are companies that get it right. Learn more about them in our on-demand webinar, Brass Tacks of Digitizing the Extended Supply Chain, featuring experts from e2open and KPMG.
Multi-tier inventory visibility
Resilient supply chains don’t happen by accident. They happen when managers get that extra degree of visibility into what’s happening with every supplier in the mix. Learn more by downloading this case study featuring a leading manufacturer of mobile computing devices.
Collaborative shortage management
Supply chain chaos is the new normal. For companies to thrive in this unpredictable landscape, they need to master the fine art of keeping production moving when parts go missing. Learn more in our eBook, Three Key Parts to Parts Shortage Management.
OUR PARTNERS
High-tech manufacturers rely on e2open
“As we continue to accelerate the deployment of the e2open-based solution across our supplier ecosystem, we’re already seeing significant improvements in buyer efficiency, system data accuracy, and improved visibility and prioritization of supply exceptions. From the outset, e2open took a solutions-based approach to helping address the challenge we faced.”
Connected forecasts and supplier collaboration give you an edge over the competition
E2open is the pioneer of supply planning and collaboration solutions for the high-tech industry
Proactive supply management
Address potential supply shortages before they impact production
Unified platform
The convergence of planning and supplier collaboration minimizes latency and integration costs
Global supplier network
Tap into an expansive global network of suppliers and contract manufacturers, with faster, easier partner onboarding
Automation and collaboration
Replace spreadsheets and emails with automated workflows and orchestration of supply orders
Shared visibility and data
Harmonized data from suppliers enables informed decision-making for better business outcomes
What-if scenarios
Test the impact of various constraints and simulate shortages to minimize costs, effort, and delays
E2OPEN AT WORK
See how e2open is transforming supply chains
Working in Concert: How Supply Chain Planning Software Streamlined a US Audio Company
Learn how a combination of supply planning and collaboration provides control over component inventory liabilities and supply assurance Founded in 2002, this American audio equipment manufacturer is known for its high-quality wireless, multi-room audio systems. Partnering with leading music services, this organization has made significant strides in the audio industry. Their supply chain utilizes outsourced contract manufacturers (CMs) and requires constant management to ensure seamless component availability.
A Global Leader’s Transformation through Supply Network Collaboration
A Global Leader’s Transformation through Supply Network Collaboration As a global leader in providing comprehensive solutions for data centers, communication networks, and industrial facilities, this US-based company faced significant challenges in supply chain management with manual processes and fragmented communication across hundreds of suppliers. The lack of integration between different ERP systems and operational approaches further complicated their efforts, leading to inefficiencies and losses. Partnering with e2open enabled the company to implement advanced supply collaboration capabilities by leveraging e2net and Connected Supply applications. Implementing this new supply chain management resulted in: Amplified efficiency in supply orchestration Increased ability to meet customer demand Improved reporting capability from better visibility A single source of truth from shared decision-grade data Download the brief to learn more about how the company streamlined processes with enhanced visibility and connectivity. Contact e2open to discuss how your supply chain can operate with increased efficiency, agility, and resilience, […]
QSC Audio is Turning Up the Volume with e2open
A leading audio, video and control supplier, QSC needed a planning solution that could keep up with the company’s rapid growth. In this video, Karon Evanoff, VP of Supply Chain at QSC, explains how e2open’s Business Planning platform helps QSC capture growth opportunities with consistently profitable, execution-ready plans that balance supply, demand and financial goals.
Best-in-class technology: Jabil’s mission critical journey to accelerate supply chain transformation
Hear from Alan Brown, Vice President of Supply Chain, Technology and Transformation at Jabil, on how accurate, timely and insightful data provides Jabil with a competitive advantage and enables them to make more reliable commitments to their customers.
Streamlined Supplier Collaboration: Vertiv’s Key for Increased Productivity and Efficiency
Bhavik Rao, CIO Americas at Vertiv, explains how the right technology platform and the expertise of the teams behind it helped Vertiv tackle disruptions, streamline processes, and ultimately gain productivity and efficiency.
BUSINESS OUTCOMES
The benefits of alignment:
Putting planning and supply on the same path
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