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Lean supply management is designed to efficiently manage the execution of inbound material replenishments.
This solution can provide workflows to manage different replenishment strategies such as Customer Scheduled Shipment (CSS), Pull-Based Replenishment (PBR), Sequenced Parts Supply (SPS), and Supplier Managed Inventory (SMI).
Further, lean supply management can provide the ability to process ASNs, receipts, and invoices; as well as manage events, and collaborate on exceptions.
Capabilities of the i2 solution for lean supply management can include:
- Support for multiple replenishment strategies
- Multi-enterprise inventory visibility
- User and strategy-specific events, exceptions, workflows, and metrics
- Configurable user roles, including material planner, follow-up analyst, receiving analyst, shipment analyst, 3PL hub inventory manager, 3PL transportation analyst, supplier shipment analyst, supplier production planner
- Support for multiple data formats, including Fax, EDI, wireless, and print
Benefits of the i2 solution for lean supply management can include:
- Reduced material costs
- Reduced premium costs
- Reduced overtime from improved resource management
- Increased schedule stability
- Reduced time-to-market of new products
- Increased analyst productivity
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