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Even today you find manual order processing and order generation based on bad forecasts, subjective assumptions and outdated re-ordering points. The result is delays, shortages and unnecessary costs.

The lack of order status creates delays and unnecessary costs in the supply chain. Even though most companies are able to take on this challenge, our experience is that they instead focus on internal improvement projects, missing an opportunity to increase efficiencies - and profits.

Web portals are a good first step and provide a quick rollout. But they mean that your partners in the supply chain are working manually in two systems (portal and their own ERP system), leading to higher administration, the risk of manual errors and longer information lead times than necessary.

You can make a supply chain more demand-driven in many ways but this has not been top of the agenda in the automotive industry. Often it is a case of deeply integrating the principal parts of the chain both technically and logically. This has generally been very successful in the automotive industry, however the supply chain is longer than that. What can be done to save time and add better rhythm to the entire chain?

PipeChain helps many retailing companies such as Absolut, Findus, Guldfågeln, Göteborgs Kex, Polfärskt Bröd/Polarbröd, Procter & Gamble and many others to greater competitiveness and large savings through more efficient processes in the supply chain.

Although many companies, integration consultants and integration services (Value Added Networks - VAN) have tried to create business integration between companies for decades, most corporate ERP systems are still poorly updated in terms of order status. It might seem like a detail, but it results in long information lead times, delayed reaction time, poor efficiency and reduced competitiveness in supply chains.