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What is OctoWare Supplier RM?
OctoWare Supplier RM or (Supplier Relations Management) is a stand-alone software application & also an integral part of the (OctoWare e-Business Suite) which is a full-blown software e-Business suite & the flagship product of OctoSoft.
OctoWare Supplier RM is the fundamental application of "Supply Chain Management" SCM, this fundamental application automates all the essential business processes a business would need to manage communications with the suppliers, instantly order supplies, follow-up on the inbound supplies in real-time, plan/schedule and manage forecasting the future demand of new supplies.
Who needs OctoWare Supplier RM?
All types of businesses of all sizes from SMEs "Small to Medium Enterprises" to very large international enterprises would essentially need and benefit from OctoWare Supplier RM, however, to be more specific and focused we find the following would be mostly interested;
- Commercial businesses selling FMCG "Fast Moving Consumer Goods" are challenged and enervated every day by the massive & hectic work load of manually or semi-automatically processing all the routine processes of communicating, ordering, auditing, overseeing, planning and scheduling the future demand of supplies.
- Industrial businesses manufacturing products built upon a process that is dependant on rapid and consistent inbound flow of supplies that is essential to the production "production ingredients/elements"
Why invest in OctoWare Supplier RM?
Investing in an integrated SCM "Supply Chain Management" application like (OctoWare Supplier RM) gives your business full automation of all the daily/routine business operations of managing your supply chain, which results in;
Saving time, money & increasing productivity
With all the daily/routine business operations automated, and the seasonal demand for supplies previously forecasted and scheduled using the OctoWare Supplier RM, your employees will be able to handle the same amount of work load in a much less time than before. When your employees do more work in less time because every operation requires less labor work and less time, that would simply and directly reflect to your business as increased productivity of your employees and an overall healthier business
Necessity NOT trendy
In the 1990's having IT-based systems to automate the SCM "Supply Chain Management" was a "trendy" thing to have, and was only available to very large enterprises who can afford the hefty price-tag, but nowadays, it became a business "necessity"…
- To efficiently manage/optimize the supply chain in its current status now and to empower it to develop/grow further in the future.
- To survive the ferocious competition with competitors who run (or will run) state-of-the-art IT-based SCM systems.
- To make more informative decisions and get better results from the business intelligence/data mining ad hoc tools that ensures progressive development of the overall business in terms of ROI "Return-On-Investment with continuously updated industry/business knowledge.
- To ensure flawless execution of business operations with powerful built-in ad hoc tools like "Business Know-How Scripting" your employees will build/develop/share/collaborate the utmost knowledge of the business know-how and even the newly recruited employees will be able to execute operations according to the most proven efficient business standards.
Sample Key Business Processes Enabled
- Instant Online/Offline modes of ordering supplies or scheduling orders to be processed automatically at specific date/time
- Real-time monitoring/tracking/auditing of each order of supplies via web/email/SMS technologies
- Plan/Forecast future demand of supplies using advanced built-in tools
- Get in-depth knowledge from your database and run virtual scenarios using the Business-intelligence/Data-Mining built-in tools
- Customizable security privileges of access to each designated employee/department
Business Functions/Modules Covered
- Supplier Profile Management
- Supply Sourcing
- Supplier Contract Management
- Supply Purchasing
- Supply Scheduling
- Supply Tracking
- Incident Reporting
- Returns, Warranty & Discrepancy
- Supply Logs
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