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AND CONTROL:

• Decrease Cost of Goods Sold

• Decrease Working Capital Requirements

• Increase Gross Margins

• Increase Gross Sales Orders

• Increase Asset utilization

• Reduce Days in Inventory

• Increase Revenue Growth

• Better Customer service levels

• Optimal Product Mix

• Improved Supplier order fill rate

• Increase On-time delivery performance

• Increase Human utilization

• Increase Plant Utilization

• Increase Warehousing Utilization

• Higher Order Fill Rate

• Optimal Supplier Sourcing percentage

• Reduce Inventory Levels

• Decrease Indirect Burdened Labor /

Expenses – Material Handling

• Decrease Indirect Burdened Labor /

Expenses – Purchasing

Collaborative Operations Planning

Linking Financial Planninginto Operations Planning

ENTERPRISE GLOBAL PLANNING SYSTEM

THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE

To do more with less is the ongoing challenge. Shareholders demand higher returns

and, in today’s more accountable economic times, the only way to deliver them is by

improving enterprise performance and profitability. The fast track to profitability is to

make sure you satisfy your customers, use-up excess inventories before you phase-in new

product lines, develop the lowest cost production plans that meet your forecasted demand,

and make sure you meet your capital targets (which are now tighter than ever).

COLLABORATIVE OPERATIONS PLANNING

COP aggregates and synchronizes multi-site procurement, production and distribution

plans at a bucketed level. It ensures financial targets are met on a local and enterprise

scale. It dynamically identifies and corrects the inefficiencies in the operations plan to

eliminate the symptoms of poor planning. Adexa delivers a critical, intelligent link between

financially driven Operations planning and Demand planning within the SAME system.

SYMPTOM

• Poor customer service with high working

capital

• Poor gross margins

• Poor gross sales in units, or total revenue

• Higher than expected Direct Operating costs

in any area (Manufacturing, Distribution or

Purchasing).

• Poor Supplier Order Fill rate and on time

delivery

• Excessive inventory levels or inventory value

CURE

Optimize the allocation of working capital.

Lower cost of purchased materials,

manufacturing and distribution

Better allocation planning considering supply

constraints

Improve human and material asset utilization

Synchronize critical material requirements

with suppliers

Improve allocation of inventory and targets

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C O L L A B O R A T I V E O P E R A T I O N S P L A N N I N G

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COP VALUE PROPOSITION Adexa’s Collaborative Operations Planning solution ensures that all facets of enterprise

operations are considered in developing the most profitable plans for the enterprise.  COP

enables your company to drive the financial plan into the operations plan, to maximize returns by

considering all costs and constraints of your supply chain.

With COP, you can improve on the revenue side by having the system prioritize demands and

identify when additional capacity is required. COP will also select the least expensive methods of

purchasing, producing, and distributing supplies and dynamically identify alternatives when

constraints so dictate.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are tracked by the system, and alerts are issued if, due to

disruptions or deviations, operation targets are going to be missed.  It also guides you to make

adjustments to get back on track. 

ADVANTAGES OF THE ADEXA COP SOLUTION Adexa’s application is designed to address the short and long-term operations planning issues

faced by manufacturers every day. It is native web solution for collaboration, operations and

demand planning.

Adexa’s COP solution is the most advanced and easiest to use system on the market today.

Learn about superior Collaborative Operations Planning and other Adexa solutions for

increasing enterprise performance and profitability at www.Adexa.com.

Figure 1. Collaborative Operations Planning

Load Inventory TargetsAnd Forecasts

Receive Manufacturing AndMaterial Constraints

Final ConfirmationFrom Vendors,

Manufacturing And Sales

Publish Supply PlanTo Si&op

Send Guideposts ToMaster Production Scheduling

Measure and React

Identify Bottlenecks AndPotential Profit Opportunities

Collaborate To FindAlternative Solutions

Generate OptimizedOperations Plan

COP KEY FEATURES• A cost based system that links the operations

plan to the financial plan

• An intelligent solver to help Supply Planners

optimize plans

• A single solution for demand planners, supply

planners, customers, suppliers and financial

planners

• Buyers, suppliers and other downstream

stakeholders can receive exception-based

alerts

• A secure web-based architecture that gives

participants browser access to the software

from anywhere, or to electronically integrate

their plans in and out of the system