Features and Pre-Built Applications

Key VCRP Features

PRE-BUILT FUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS

… where client specific workflows and business rules are individually configured, not hard-coded.

Supply Management

– Supply network visibility with in-built multi-site/-tier master data harmonization
– Data available daily and / or real time with customizable telescoping time horizons
– Support for process, discrete and batch manufacturing
– Forecast collaboration
– PO collaboration & negotiation
– Supply plan / production synchronization
– Buyer managed replenishment
– Supplier managed replenishment
– Dynamic replenishment – In Bound
– Multi-site Inventory management per predefined business rules
– Full lot and ingredient traceability across n-tiers, with “where used” capability
– Drug / Med device traceability compliance capability
– Collaborative event response management
– Configurable and escalatable alarms and alerts for standard and custom KPIs
– Customer configurable workflows and business process rules

Supply Planning

– Multi-site/ Multi-tier Forecast collaboration
– Procurement / Production planning, including optimal solution scenarios
– Supply plan / Production synchronization
– Multi-site Inventory optimization per predefined business rules
– New product introduction / Phase out planning & collaboration
– Configurable and escalatable alarms and alerts for predictive KPIs
– Customer configurable workflows and business process rules

Demand Management

-Demand network visibility – with multi-site/multi-tier master data harmonization
– Integrated multi-site view of sales and order history, current orders and forecasted orders
– Data available daily and / or real-time with customizable telescoping time horizons
– Multi-tier Distribution sales, POS data & forecast reconciliation
– Multi-tier Dynamic fulfillment / Vendor Managed Inventory
– Multi-site distribution Inventory management per predefined business rules
– Product phase in / phase out management & collaboration
– Collaborative event response management
– Configurable and ecalatable alarms and alerts for standard and custom KPIs
– Customer configurable workflows and business process rules

Demand Planning

– Multi-tier Demand collaboration & forecasting
– Multiple standard and custom Demand planning algorithms
– Network wide actual sale data / forecast reconciliation
– Demand simulation & testing
– Distribution requirements planning
– Multi-site Inventory planning per configurable business rules
– New product introduction planning & collaboration

Logistics Planning & Execution features

– Multi-tier Logistics visibility, alerting & coordination
– Configurable and escalatable alarms and alerts for standard and custom KPIs
– Customer configurable workflows and business process rules
– Supports partner kitting, co-packing, late-stage labeling, omni-channel fulfillment
– Inventory / returns management
– E2E track and trace at package/shipment level
– Event management, planning & collaboration
– Premium freight management processes

Performance Management / User Dashboards

– Control Tower / executive summary dashboards
– Predictive value chain performance metrics / numerous prebuilt KPI’s and custom KPIs
– Alert notification and direct navigation to resolution screens
– Partner performance / scorecarding
– Individually configurable user screens and dashboards, with library of drag & drop widgets
– Languages, Time zones, currencies all individually configurable
– Granular, configurable data security at field/user/site/partner/process/product/ customer levels

Collaboration

– End-to-End N-tier visibility, with full owner control over partner/user access
– PO, forecast and execution collaboration
– Multi-partner business process execution and monitoring
– Collaborative planning with optimal solution option scenarios
– Change Management negotiation and plan approval

KPIs, Alarming & Event management

– Value Chain monitor
– Multi-partner configurable business processes
– Management by exception
– Alarms / Alerts with full life cycle management / escalation