IBM Sterling Supply Chain Insights with Watson vs Smart IP&O Comparison

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SDP has bridged the gap between sales and supply chain team. Forecast is based on communication with customers which had also made relationship between account manager and customer stronger. SDP has also helped identifying new customer and/or product and made onboarding of either new product and/or customer seamless. This helps in preparing the supply chain and production with right components and helps fulfilling the customer commitment especially the new one.

Smart Sales Forecasting at PROCON

Moving from excel to Smart has taken our forecasting to another level. It has saved us loads of time from updating excel spreadsheets each month, which were getting out of control. We are much more confident in the forecasts we are using and the purchase orders we are placing. We have also been able to react much quicker to the major supply chain and demand planning challenges over the past few years. 

Cutting Edge Forecasting and Inventory Optimization Software

SMART Demand Planning and Inventory Optimizatio

Smart is the critical tool we use to manage our forecasts across a large and dynamic set of Products/Parts, multi-national sites, and complex supply chains.  The ability of the software to provide a statistical forecast as baseline, allow adjustments (if/as necessary) by various subject matter experts, each recorded as ‘snapshots’ for consensus building and later use in accuracy/improvement efforts, then ultimately feed the forecast data directly into our Material Requirements Planning software is central to our S&OP process.

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Our experience has been very positive.  The team at SMART is great to work with and provide quick support when needed.

Automate Demand Planing and eliminate spreadsheets

We are optimizing our inventory and setting up our min/max levels for stock items.  Smart makes this an easier process for us.

Wire & Cable

We have a much better inventory position largely due to using Smart IP&O.  Our inventories are better aligned with the customer demand and timing of the demand.  We are able to better identify trends and pick up on changes in a more effective manner by using Smart IP&O. We are also able to provide the leadership team and our factory partners with projections regarding our anticipated demand.  In addition, our inventory turns have increased.  Smart has been very valuable in our S&OP processes and has made a positive difference in our inventories.  

Exceptional 

Our forecast was not our complete product offering and always depended too much on history. We struggled to forecast specifically and used general families that failed to affect our specific items. Our excel sheets were slow and cumbersome and we couldn’t drill down quickly through are data and had no ability to see projected outcomes with different inputs. SMART has given us the ability to solve all of the above and has always been quick to respond to service and questions we may have. 

SMART for Flexco

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SkuVault solves the most difficult challenge in eCommerce fulfillment: managing and tracking inventory at scale. Our platform delivers transparency into inventory location, quantity, and velocity, and is the true centerpiece of all integrations.

Asset Insider is a Low-Code application based on the Microsoft Power Platform, empowering asset-heavy organizations to manage their assets throughout their whole lifecycle - from demand to disposal.​ It helps you maintain a resilient asset portfolio and extend the asset lifecycle.

User based  ($79.95/user/mo) or Order based pricing (starting at $995 / mo for unlimited users). Includes full GAAP Accounting, CRM, ERP, Order-Management, Inventory and Warehouse management, e-Commerce, Distribution, Manufacturing, Project and Contract Management. Connects to 3PL and marketplaces.

IBM Supply Chain Insights is a cloud-based, AI-powered supply chain visibility tool which connects structured and unstructured supply chain data with experts to provide businesses with actionable insight to help predict, assess, and mitigate any risks or disruptions to supply chain performance

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IBM Sterling Supply Chain Insights with Watson screenshot: Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities help users predict, assess and mitigate disruptions and risks to optimize supply chain performance

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Forecast Pro is powerful off-the-shelf forecasting software trusted by 12,000+ organizations globally to create statistically-based forecasts.

Logility is a supply chain management software that helps businesses across several industry verticals, including wholesale distribution,  electronics, apparel, retail, and life sciences. It enables organizations to plan inventory, optimize demand, and manage compliance, among other operations.

Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is an integrated applications suite of comprehensive enterprise resource planning software that combines business value, standards-based technology, and deep industry experience into a business solution with a low total cost of ownership. EnterpriseOne is the first ERP solution to run all applications on Apple iPad. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne also delivers mobile applications.

Smart IP&O is a web-based, integrated suite with modules designed to help businesses to track business metrics and forecast accurately to optimize service levels. The platform integrates four modules; Smart Inventory Optimization, Supply Planner, Demand Planner, and  Operational Analytics.

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Correlation Analysis

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Demand Forecasting

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eCommerce Management

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Exception Reporting

Exceptions Management

Financial Analysis

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Internal Controls Management

Inventory Auditing

Inventory Control

Inventory Management

Inventory Optimization

Inventory Replenishment

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Maintenance Management

Manufacturing Inventory Management

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Multi-Location

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Order Management

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Predictive Analytics

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Production Scheduling

Purchase Order Management

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Retail Inventory Management

Returns Management

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Smart IP&O is user friendly, easy to learn, and navigate. It's ability to leverage various mathematical forecasting techniques is one of my favorite attributes.

This helps in preparing the supply chain and production with right components and helps fulfilling the customer commitment especially the new one.

Smart does a nice job integrating with Epicor. It has good visual tools.

The ease of processing large amounts of data. Adjusting quickly at different levels that flow through was a huge improvement to our process.

It is a great help in our capability to respond to unplanned demand changes, without creating obsolescence.

This process is working in great favor for us as forecast vs. actuals (revenue) is within 3-5.

Smart has really powerful features and functionality for both forecasting and inventory optimization that other software packages we considered didn't have.

They have demonstrated the ability to understand the challenges, scope and document the solutions in detail, and then deliver the intended results on time and in budget.

Forecast accuracy is also a great tool and provides means to dig deep if forecast is off for specific customer and/or SKU. The product took some time for team to get familiar with.

Our forecast was not our complete product offering and always depended too much on history. We struggled to forecast specifically and used general families that failed to affect our specific items.

Automate Demand Planing and eliminate spreadsheets.

Smart is the critical tool we use to manage our forecasts across a large and dynamic set of Products/Parts, multi-national sites, and complex supply chains.

IBM Sterling Supply Chain Insights with Watson vs Smart IP&O Comparison

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