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E2open Beefs up Multi-Enterprise Platform to Accelerate Supply Chain Transformations
Adds functionality for business intelligence, logistics, quality and demand management; aims to increase ease of trading partner integration, simplify supply chain complexity
Redwood City, CA — November 19, 2007 — Supply chain solution provider E2open has rolled out new capabilities aimed at helping companies accelerate the cycle time of transformation initiatives in the supply chain, adding business intelligence, logistics, quality and demand management functionality to its flagship Multi-Enterprise Platform solution.
E2open's platform, offered on a software-as-a-service model, provides a transactional network linking such companies as Boeing, Celestica, Hitachi and IBM, among others, to their supply bases with the goal of promoting visibility and control over global supply networks. E2open started by targeting the electronics vertical but has more recently moved into other industry verticals, such as aerospace and consumer products/retail.
Version 6.4 of E2open Multi-Enterprise Platform includes additional business intelligence tools for getting more value out of supply chain data, according to Lorenzo Martinelli, a senior vice president with E2open. "Last year we added a multi-enterprise data warehouse," Martinelli said, "and now we're adding tools for business end users to slice the data and templates for KPIs [key performance indicators] for internal and supplier performance."
On the logistics side, the platform already included tools for vendor-managed replenishment (VMR). The latest version includes the ability to provide data to logistics providers on the movement of goods, for example, on how to consolidate goods for the voyage from Asia to the United States and how to deconsolidate the shipment upon arrival in the U.S., with additional information on the contents of the shipment.
In addition, the solution now offers the ability to integrate into test equipment at suppliers to capture real-time data as a way of beefing up quality assurance and extending quality programs into the supply base. Downstream in the supply chain, the platform includes new tools for collecting and understanding point-of-sale data at the customer or distributor level, aimed at helping companies more effectively replenish goods, including, for example, through direct fulfillment from suppliers to retailers.
"Simplifying Complexity"
Martinelli said that the goal of the added functionality is to help simplify complexity in the supply chain. "We're helping companies to manage the complexity that is created when data about what's going on in the supply chain are distributed among different partners," Martinelli explained.
He added that the platform helps promote collaboration in the supply chain by handling transactional aspects of a relationship and involving buyer and supplier only when exceptions occur. "The platform decouples process from technology and allows people to focus on the business side and not worry about the technology side," Martinelli said.
E2open's platform, offered on a software-as-a-service model, provides a transactional network linking such companies as Boeing, Celestica, Hitachi and IBM, among others, to their supply bases with the goal of promoting visibility and control over global supply networks. E2open started by targeting the electronics vertical but has more recently moved into other industry verticals, such as aerospace and consumer products/retail.
Version 6.4 of E2open Multi-Enterprise Platform includes additional business intelligence tools for getting more value out of supply chain data, according to Lorenzo Martinelli, a senior vice president with E2open. "Last year we added a multi-enterprise data warehouse," Martinelli said, "and now we're adding tools for business end users to slice the data and templates for KPIs [key performance indicators] for internal and supplier performance."
On the logistics side, the platform already included tools for vendor-managed replenishment (VMR). The latest version includes the ability to provide data to logistics providers on the movement of goods, for example, on how to consolidate goods for the voyage from Asia to the United States and how to deconsolidate the shipment upon arrival in the U.S., with additional information on the contents of the shipment.
In addition, the solution now offers the ability to integrate into test equipment at suppliers to capture real-time data as a way of beefing up quality assurance and extending quality programs into the supply base. Downstream in the supply chain, the platform includes new tools for collecting and understanding point-of-sale data at the customer or distributor level, aimed at helping companies more effectively replenish goods, including, for example, through direct fulfillment from suppliers to retailers.
"Simplifying Complexity"
Martinelli said that the goal of the added functionality is to help simplify complexity in the supply chain. "We're helping companies to manage the complexity that is created when data about what's going on in the supply chain are distributed among different partners," Martinelli explained.
He added that the platform helps promote collaboration in the supply chain by handling transactional aspects of a relationship and involving buyer and supplier only when exceptions occur. "The platform decouples process from technology and allows people to focus on the business side and not worry about the technology side," Martinelli said.
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