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PipeChain is an exhibitor at the annual Logistik & Affärssystem ( Logistics & ERP) conference in Värnamo, Sweden on May 14. The theme for the conference is "Outsourcing" and a number of speakers will talk about this subject.

Chalmers University Professors Stig-Arne Mattsson and Patrik Jonsson describes in their latest publication, "Best practice in inventory management in Swedish industry", guidelines for how companies can improve their inventory management.

We see pioneering trends that embrace each other and will push Supply Chain Execution forward.  Some examples are; Demand Driven Supply Chain (adapting supplies to real needs, still hot), Supply Chain Visibility (hotter), OmniChannel Retailing (consumers buy through various channels, such as growing e-commerce, and relate to offers pushed in-store to their smartphones, new and hot).

Even today you find manual order processing and order generation based on bad forecasts, subjective assumptions and outdated re-ordering points.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.

Pipechain has been asked to deliver an EDI solution to one of Sweden’s largest companies in the recycling industry.

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.

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Are you lacking system support to efficiently manage delivery forecasts - You are not alone. Most ERP systems lack full support for this and often users only see the last incoming delivery forecast. By using TWIM Schedule as a supplement to your ERP system you solve the problem.

ODEX Enterprise 3 is based on your feedback and brings many of the new features you’ve been asking for. We’ve focused on improving your visibility and auditability of file transfers and data processing, something that we know many mid-size and larger organisations need for various compliance reasons.

PipeChain launches a cloud-based EDI service for fast deployment of supply chain connectivity, with an unique ability to switch to local management later on. The service covers both integration and communication of business related transactions, and is built on technology from our partners Inobiz and Data Interchange.

Haldex – a provider of innovative proprietary solutions to the global commercial vehicle industry – now uses PipeChain for all Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and communication with customers and suppliers in Europe. Following the successful European project, Haldex and PipeChain are looking to find additional synergies in their operations in the United States. The cooperation with PipeChain aims to continuously improve Haldex’ supply chain.

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.

Lesjöfors have a Movex ERP system and has previously used an Amtrix as EDI gateway.