Supplier Collaboration (VMI)

Optimize your sourcing process - get your suppliers connected

ICON-SCC for Supplier Collaboration supports a proven approach to efficient materials supply where the supplier assumes responsibility for ensuring an optimal level of inventory is available at the customer's warehouse. To effectively and accurately manage supply, ICON-SCC gives the supplier access to relevant customer data such as demand, consumption, and inventories.

With ICON-SCC, companies can collaborate with their suppliers on extended demand, supply, and inventory visibility in order to act early to better align production with future demand. ICON-SCC enables both sides to detect and eliminate potential shortages early. At the same time, both the customer and their suppliers benefit from reduced workloads through the easy-to-use process. The result: flawless, efficient production as well as reduced inventory and transportation costs.

• Suppliers get visibility into forecasted demand, inventory on hand, and previous supply commitments 
• Inventory on hand is projected and compared to upper and lower control limits to highlight where current and future supply is short or excess to the forecast 
• Planners use the same portal to track supplier commitments to the forecast and desired inventory buffers and use the traffic light dashboard to easily identify and drill-down to problems
• Suppliers use Web-services integrated, MS Excel templates for a familiar and efficient interface to maintain collaboration data
• Integrated with ICON-SCP for closed-loop planning and collaboration

Features & Benefits

• Robust, easy-to-use, and rapidly deployed to customers
• Traffic light dashboard gives at-a-glance visibility into demand
• Transparency of inventory and planned customer demand in real time
• Provides early warning in case of exceptions through alerts
• Integrated with ICON-SCP for closed-loop planning and collaboration