Bolstering Strong APAC Demand, Steelwedge Opens Asia Subsidiary in Tokyo

Taps Supply Chain Industry Veteran to Lead New Tokyo Office

Tokyo, Japan– July 12, 2012 – Steelwedge Software, Inc., the leader in cloud-based Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) solutions, (CEO, Glen Margolis, Headquarters, CA, USA) announced today that it has opened a new regional subsidiary, Steelwedge Co., Ltd. in Tokyo to meet powerful regional market demand.

In a volatile global business market, Steelwedge powers “what if” scenario planning to help executives pinpoint the potential impact of demand and supply balance decisions as they grapple to respond—and recalibrate-- to changing market conditions.  The impact of natural disasters in 2011 alone has driven over 20% growth in demand for S&OP planning solutions from large manufacturers based in the Asia Pacific region—the highest demand growth worldwide. Steelwedge, acknowledged by IT research and consultancy firm Gartner as the leader in S&OP, is helping meet that demand.  

Steelwedge currently works with APAC-headquartered customers including Emerson Electric, Lenovo and Dow Chemical.  Steelwedge’s deep domain expertise across high-tech, consumer electronics, automotive, discrete and process manufacturing sectors aligns with regional businesses finding the greatest need for integrated planning solutions.

“Leading global companies worldwide recognize that they have to innovate and grow—regardless of the climate.  We’ve heard from many such companies throughout Japan, China and Korea that strategic S&OP is central to powering their growth initiatives, and we look forward to supporting them with a local presence and new partnerships” said Glen Margolis, CEO of Steelwedge

Steelwedge has appointed Supply Chain industry veteran, Kenichi Tsumura to lead its Asia Pacific operations.  Mr. Tsumura is a recognized leader in Supply Chain Management and has held senior executive positions with leading supply chain and ERP solution providers including EXE Technologies, JDA and Infor Global Solutions.

About Steelwedge
Founded in 2000, Steelwedge is the leading Integrated Business Planning solution provider. Steelwedge’s cloud-based Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) software solutions connect people, process and technology to power a single view of a company’s business. In a volatile global business environment, that single line of sight powers reliable "what if" scenario modelling that pinpoints the financial impact of supply-demand trade-off decisions. Some of the world's largest companies trust Steelwedge to help them mitigate risk and rapidly adapt to global economic, political and environmental change through best-in-class S&OP. Visit www.steelwedge.com.

 
Steelwedge integrated sales, operations and finance planning solutions provide the “shock absorbers” to recognize, recalibrate and respond in a volatile environment. Business agility and resiliency start with Steelwedge for a clear line of sight from plan to performance to profit.

 

The Steelwedge cloud-based IBP platform powers better business agility with real-time "what if" scenario planning and modeling, business analytics and reporting. Companies at all stages of Sales & Operations Planning rely on Steelwedge technology and deep domain expertise to support their journey to link business strategy and operations.

End Spreadsheet Confusion. While SCM, ERP and CRM systems have improved efficiencies, these systems were not designed to work together. In fact, they contribute to a sea of siloed big data, that large organizations are increasingly challenged to cut through. So, most companies default to a collection of disparate spreadsheets for executive-level planning. Yet, spreadsheets lack the data management, analytics and process automation needed to reconcile and align functional plans to create one view and drive effective executive decision-making.

Collaborative Planning Gets Results. C-level executives depend on Steelwedge for sales forecasting and planning, consensus forecasting, balancing demand and supply planning, "what-if" modeling, rough cut scenario planning, connecting S&OP with financial planning and measuring performance against revenue and customer service targets. Integrated Business Planning pays: most customers save $5-$10 million per $1 billion in revenues.

Steelwedge Solutions, Services and Best Practices Drive Time to Value. Based on recognized industry S&OP best practices, the Steelwedge IBP Platform is backed by Executive S&OP, S&OP Sales, S&OP Operations and S&OP Collaboration. Steelwedge Services include an Integrated Business Planning Assessment, Strategic Consulting, Business Planning Improvement, Steelwedge University, Technology Implementation and Outsourced Planning Services.