As best-in-class manufacturers attempt to mitigate supply chain disruption and improve inventory turns, they are finding it essential to enhance collaboration with all suppliers. Modern collaboration & visibility tools are needed to manage a continuous, collaborative and complex flow of information across their extended supplier community for just-in-time manufacturing processes Over 40% of data required by ransactional systems such as MRP/ERP, TMS and WMS originates from (or is augmented by) external trading partners such as suppliers and carriers. When combined with analytics and automation, supply chain transactional data, derived from suppliers and carriers, drives end-to-end visibility at the SKU level. The infusion of data and advanced insights into the operational processes of global supply chains is a key enabler that drives significant value to wholesale and distribution eco-system.

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