Improving Supply Chain Collaboration Using the Microsoft Office System

Improving Supply Chain Collaboration Using the Microsoft Office System

Extend internal collaboration beyond organizational boundaries to effectively work with partners, suppliers, and customers with a Microsoft Office System-based supply chain collaboration solution. This solution will help to provide better visibility of supply-chain activities, and give more control to stakeholders. The solution can also help to strengthen accountability by clearly assigning responsibilities to the right owners. With improved visibility and accountability, new product introduction can be accelerated to gain a competitive advantage.

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Situation

Customers, partners, and suppliers need to continuously improve their integration and interaction in order to successfully improve their supply chain relationship. Effective communication and collaboration is a very challenging, key aspect to improved supply chain relationships. Many companies face the following issues when they work with their supply chains:

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Lack of supply chain project visibility and control

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End-to-end business processes that do not work across organizational boundaries

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Difficulty exercising accountability

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Product introduction delays due to poor supply chain project management

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Low customer satisfaction because of poor supply chain issue management


Solution

Supply chain collaboration solutions based on the Microsoft Office System can help companies increase their supply chain visibility and control, increase supply chain accountability, and accelerate time-to-market through better supply chain project management. Specific supply chain collaboration requirements can be addressed by:

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Improved visibility through a centralized, single location for supply chain collaboration. Using collaboration products and technologies like Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, companies can create a cross-company collaborative environment.

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Centralized accountability through issue assignments and notifications. Using SharePoint out-of-the-box functionality like task list, issue list, and calendaring, companies can manage communications more effectively across a group of supply chain partners.

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Better supply chain project management through roll-up reporting and analysis. Using key reporting and issue roll-up functionality, companies can effectively monitor issues and assure resolution through a central, integrated system.


Benefits

By adopting a supply chain collaboration solution based on the Microsoft Office System, customers could realize the following benefits:

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Operations management will benefit from improved visibility and reporting into supply chain improvement projects.

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Supply chain project leads will benefit from working with an integrated, automated supply chain collaboration toolset.

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Supporting project teams will benefit from working with a single repository for all team, project, and general supply chain information.

Companies will increase their supply chain visibility and control, drive higher supply chain accountability and accelerate time-to-market through better supply chain project management.


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