How can you manage what you can’t see? Many organizations cannot see across their supply chain. Sure you have data, most likely plenty of data, but can you make clear, concise, instant supply-chain decisions based on solid, live information? This paper is a study of using supply chain visibility dashboard technology to integrate and provide workflow based industry standard, metrics driven exception management to manage Performance- Based Logistics supply chain contracts.

Is your Perfect Order rate less than perfect? If so, in what areas of your extended supply chain warrant the most improvement? Through Supply Chain Visibility solutions, not only can your Perfect Order Fulfillment rate be measured, it can be improved.

As competitive pressures become more intense across the global supply chain industry, companies must seek new ways in which to increase efficiencies within the supply chain. In order to do this, cross-functional supply chain visibility solutions become a critical partner in identifying areas for strategic and tactical performance improvements. For supply chain visibility solutions to be effective, actionable data must be easily accessible and acted upon. Companies that invest in supply chain visibility solutions as an integral part of their continual performance improvement initiatives will be able to react most quickly to the demands of their adaptive supply chains and will secure substantial cost savings.

Maximizing the benefits of Supply Chain visibility solutions is within reach when the SCOR-model, created by the Supply-Chain Council, is adopted. Understanding the advantages of the SCOR-model and identifying how existing Supply Chain processes relate to the model can increase the ROI on existing Supply Chain systems and visibility investments. By defining a Supply Chain visibility strategy that aligns with the SCOR-model, pertinent information can be analyzed and efficiencies gained that will deliver measurable and actionable results.

Software vendors often market their applications using a wide array of buzzwords and acronyms. Even in a relatively focused area such as Supply Chain Management (SCM), there are literally dozens of terms used to describe an application without really helping a potential customer understand what it does. BI, SOA, SCEM, SCPM (not to be confused with SCpM), EDM, OBI, BAM – the list goes on and on with most terms having multiple conflicting definitions that usually correlate closely with the product that is being sold. The purpose of this document is to first ignore all of the acronyms and explain as clearly as possible what Blue Sky’s Insight application does and what it will do in the future. We then revisit the acronyms to provide useful definitions and honestly state where Insight fits and where it doesn’t.