ClearOrbit

Supplier Collaboration for Oracle
Trading partner integration with real-time process control

How can I automate communication with my trading partners around receipts, forecasts and shipments? How do I empower my contract manufacturers and 3PLs to drop ship directly to end customers, while maintaining control?

For companies running the Oracle® E-Business Suite, ClearOrbit's Xtended Process Control™ (X.PC™) provides advanced trading partner collaboration capabilities that leverage and extend your investment in Oracle. X.PC is a sophisticated set of applications to automate materials replenishment, inventory management and order fulfillment processes with your logistics providers (3PLs). X.PC closes the loop between the demand information published to suppliers and the physical shipments sent by suppliers in response to the demand signal, replacing inefficient manual communications such as phone, fax and email.

X.PC improves efficiency, increases inventory accuracy and reduces supply chain management costs by automating collaborative business processes. By providing closed-loop visibility across the entire order cycle, X.PC effectively eliminates most invoice disputes and enables companies to implement Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS) in their ERP system. X.PC integrates directly to the ERP data model, avoiding duplicate PO or inventory data that can drive integration costs and delay implementation. This results in significantly faster, smoother and more cost-effective deployments than alternative approaches.

X.PC consists of different modules which vary according to the demand signal used to trigger the replenishment process, and whether items are received within your facilities or drop-shipped to end customers:

Purchase Order Collaborator	Allows manufacturers and distributors to automate purchase order replenishment processes through collaboration with suppliers
PO Change Management	Extends the functionality of PO Collaborator by incorporating MRP (Material Requirements Planning) output into the purchase order replenishment process
Demand Collaborator	Allows manufacturers and distributors to collaborate on the delivery of MRP planned orders, while providing key process control mechanisms around fulfillment
Drop Ship Management	Helps manufacturers and distributors drop ship products directly from their 3PL providers, contract manufacturers and suppliers while retaining control over key fulfillment activities and customer-facing processes
Supply Network Intelligence	Real-time visibility and exception reporting to allow 'actionable' feedback that decision makers can use to effectively manage the extended supply network

Key Capabilities:

The ClearOrbit Xtended Process Control approach is characterized by several important elements:

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