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Supplier schedule and capacity management involves the process of validating, communicating, and collaborating on material requirements to satisfy production.
Supplier schedule and capacity management and collaboration occurs in the planning realm to ensure that plans are valid before being passed to scheduling and execution.
Capabilities of the i2 solution for supplier schedule and capacity management and collaboration can include:
- Acesss to capacity and capability of suppliers based on contract and contract flex limits
- Checking of planning and scheduling releases against capabilities model
- Constraint detection with root-cause drill down and interactive and automatic problem resolution
- Automatic detection of excesses
- Ability to collaborate with suppliers to resolve issues
Benefits of the i2 solution for supplier schedule and capacity management and collaboration can include:
- Reduced material costs
- Reduced premium costs
- Reduced overtime through improved capacity utilization
- Increased schedule stability
- Reduced time-to-market for new products
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