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Psion Teklogix selects Steelwedge for S&OP
Steelwedge Software, the innovator in Collaborative Sales Forecasting and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) solutions, announced today that global mobile computing solutions provider Psion Teklogix has chosen Steelwedge for its sales and operations initiative. The sales and operations initiative is focused on improving demand forecasting and inventory management by facilitating collaborative planning between Psion Teklogix sales, supply chain and finance departments. The new process will consolidate data from existing ERP, CRM and financial planning systems, align operations planning with sales forecasting and automate what is now a largely manual, time-consuming procedure. “We are pleased to have been selected by Psion Teklogix for their S&OP initiative,“ said Steelwedge CEO Glen Margolis. “Their decision is further validation of the power of our OnDemand solutions to add significant value to complex manufacturing planning.”“Our goal is to improve on-time delivery of customer orders and reduce inventory levels through improved planning, reduced forecast error and improved collaboration between sales, operations and finance,” said Grant Ferguson, Senior Director, Information Services, Psion Teklogix. “The Steelwedge solution offers power and simplicity—which means we will be able to automate our sales and operations planning globally, gaining greater visibility, analysis and reporting in weeks, not months.”
Steelwedge offers proven capability to drive collaborative sales planning processes — both inside and outside corporate firewalls. Steelwedge Enterprise Enabled Excel (E3) technology has enabled its customers to quickly improve their planning processes and increase profitability. The Steelwedge capacity to handle complex product mix issues, easily integrate disparate sources of data, and provide insights into pricing issues are essential components of an effective S&OP process.
SAP Powered by NetWeaver Certification
Steelwedge Software announced today that it has received SAP Powered by NetWeaver Certification.Certification for the SAP NetWeaver Application Server and SAP Enterprise Portal means that Steelwedge is able to offer SAP customers the industry’s most powerful, rapid-to-implement, and easy-to-use Collaborative Sales Forecasting and Sales and Operations Planning solution to thousands of SAP users in a seamless manner.
“Our solutions are needed by all companies that want to maximize their bottom-line through Sales and Operations Planning,” said Steelwedge CEO Glen Margolis. “Our unique technology and expertise ensures that SAP customers will be able to automate their sales and operations planning processes in weeks, not months or years.”
Steelwedge’s proven capability to drive collaborative sales planning processes — both inside and outside corporate firewalls. Steelwedge Enterprise Enabled Excel technology has enabled its customers to quickly improve their planning processes and increase profitability. Steelwedge’s capability to handle complex product mix issues, easily integrate disparate sources of data, and provide insights into pricing issues are essential components of an effective S&OP process.
The combination of the Steelwedge solution and SAP enables corporate executives to obtain a single unified view of their business. It also allows companies to take full advantage of SAP and maximize return on their IT investment.
SaaS and S&OP: A Non Sequitur?
While SaaS (OnDemand) delivery of software is not a new concept, only now has it become possible to drive a fully integrated and effective S&OP process (Sales and Operations Planning) through a hosted application. As the first provider of a fully functional, flexible and powerful SaaS-based sales and operations planning solution, Steelwedge Software is uniquely positioned to deliver a solution in record-time, with greatly reduced implemention costs and a far higher ROI.
SaaS-based S&OP solutions have become even more relevant in today’s world because of the growing importance of managing collaborative inputs from partners, customers, distributors, and field operations personnel. Because all of these entities reside outside of the “firewall” traditional on-premise web-based and client-server planning applications will not work without significant IT support.
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The Steelwedge Sales Forecasting and Planning solution bridges the gap between sales pipeline opportunities/analysis and demand planning processes. The solution translates sales opportunities into meaningful product demand information and incorporates thi
CES 2008
CES 2008 has once again proven how dynamic and hungry the Consumer Electronics business is. Interestingly, only now are executives starting to look at CE from a planning perspective and release just how critical effective supply – demand and sales and operations planning are. Bill Gate’s fiasco with millions of defective XBoxes needing to be returned overnight was one example of just how important effective planning and supply chain management have become to this new industry. With the realization of how important broader planning, contingency planning, and demand signal propogation are to the business, leading vendors in this business are starting to turn to companies such as Steelwedge to drive their operations and improve the customer experience.
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