Manufacturing
Manufacturing has undergone tremendous change. No longer can manufacturers develop and deliver products based on static manufacturing techniques; Lean, Kanban and just-in-time are only a few of the techniques that have changed the way products are manufactured. But manufacturers know that making money in this competitive market is more than building products at the lowest cost; it’s often more about effective customer and supplier management. In order for manufacturers to compete – and grow – they have to develop a comprehensive view of their products, customers and markets.
Manufacturers face a myriad of challenges, including:
- Supplier management
- Distributor / Channel management
- Product profitability / margin management
- Asset management
Kalido gives manufacturers the ability to assess and evaluate all data, including ERP, user generated or external market data. For discrete manufacturers, an effective view of distributors and suppliers is essential to meeting order deadlines and providing competitively priced products. For process manufacturers, tracking asset life and maintenance effectively can be the difference in the plant being on or offline. Each of these challenges can be addressed by evaluating and analyzing data from multiple sources, including supplier, inventory, line and logistics data, and then turning it into actionable information for plant managers, sales, or general management.
Manufacturing Business Drivers
- Margin analysis & management
- Product profitability
- Customer satisfaction
- Procurement analysis
Manufacturing IT Drivers
- Integration of line and supplier data
- Timely delivery and analysis of finished goods information
- Effective integration of new suppliers or distributors
The Kalido Solution
Using Kalido, manufacturers can deliver timely, accurate and complete views of their customers, products and channels across the entire organization. Kalido validates, maps and stores disparate data from multiple sources so it can be used by BI tools to deliver a single view of customer data. Kalido’s unique business modeling allows firms to keep pace with all of the new changes, while perfectly preserving all history so the information is always timely and accurate. New views of customers, products and channels are delivered overnight, versus days, weeks or even months. The history tracking assists in meeting regulatory compliance reporting, as well as to do comparative reporting of before-and-after scenarios during M&A activity.
