Passport for Global Manufacturing

By Quentin Brearley, Director of Product Management

From the start, Glovia International's extended ERP solution, glovia.com, was designed to meet the needs of manufacturers with complex, global operations. glovia.com delivers the advanced capabilities global manufacturers need to remain competitive, including:

• Demand Planning and Order Management
• Production Planning and Material Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Collaboration & Integration
• Business Management

Demand Planning and Order Management
glovia.com Supply Chain Management

Through its powerful Forecasting and Order Management modules, glovia.com Supply Chain Management enables manufacturers to determine global demand quickly and accurately as well as fulfill customer orders efficiently.

The solution helps manufacturers implement Lean Manufacturing initiatives and control costs by ensuring production and materials planning are based on true demand. The solution also compresses the order-to-delivery cycle for individual orders by quickly passing order information — even for configured items — to production and procurement.

Production Planning and Material Management
glovia.com Manufacturing

glovia.com Manufacturing gives you the control you need over all aspects of production planning and materials management so you can focus on increasing profits.

This flexible solution supports the entire spectrum of manufacturing styles — from High Volume to Engineer-to-Order — and coordinates orders, equipment, facilities, inventory, and work-in-progress to minimize costs and maximize on-time delivery. The solution includes powerful shop floor functionality to track and manage each step of the manufacturing process.

Manufacturing translates your supply chain plan into an achievable production plan that balances the needs of sales, manufacturing, finance, and your customers. The solution includes both finite and infinite capacity planning capabilities that help you develop realistic schedules.

glovia.com Supplier Management

glovia.com Supplier Management helps you to manage your suppliers, control inventory levels, and improve supplier relationships. The solution supports the entire procurement process including developing and executing supplier contracts, managing purchase orders, coordinating supplier shipments, and executing outsourcing strategies.

Supplier Management provides you with visibility and control over the financial impact of your purchasing decisions and supports a wide range of procurement strategies including centralized/decentralized and global networks of vendors. The solution allows you to analyze supplier performance for cost, quality, and on-time delivery so you can continually improve your performance.

Supply Chain Planning
glovia.com Supply Chain Management

glovia.com Supply Chain Management is a comprehensive solution that helps manufacturers manage global supply chains effectively. The solution creates a detailed, constraint-based plan that synchronizes enterprise-wide demand with current plant conditions while respecting strategic business objectives such as cost and customer service.

Supply Chain Management supports real-time order promising, including both Available- and Capable-to-Promise, and manages order fulfillment including matching the real order into supply planning across multiple computers and dissimilar ERP systems in a matter of seconds or minutes.

Through sophisticated "what if" modeling capabilities, memory-resident planning solutions help you determine the best way to meet demand, whether for your entire business or an individual factory. The solution provides you with the flexibility you need to react quickly to changes such as rush orders, unplanned maintenance, or other production disruptions.

Collaboration & Integration
glovia.com Collaboration & Integration

glovia.com Collaboration & Integration is a web-based set of e-business applications and integration technology that enables manufacturers to eliminate costly information silos, map and automate business processes, link disparate systems, and collaborate internally as well as with their customers and suppliers.

Collaboration & Integration, based on Fujitsu's ultra-reliable Interstage solution, delivers advanced technology including XML, ebXML and J2EE and is fully compliant with industry standards such as RosettaNet, OAIG, and SWAP.

Performance Management
glovia.com Business Intelligence

glovia.com Business Intelligence takes the enormous volume of data that your organization collects and turns it into meaningful, actionable information. The solution helps you analyze and improve your business and make faster, more informed business decisions.

Business Intelligence also includes ActionDesk, a powerful event and exception management tool; Publisher, a web-based document management system; and a suite of leading business intelligence applications from Cognos®.

A World of Opportunity
Globalization presents manufacturers with new and difficult challenges. As operations become more global-with customers, production plants, distribution centers, and suppliers scattered around the world-manufacturers must transform their business processes and supporting information systems to be more global as well. They must also continue their relentless efforts to reduce costs and streamline operations to remain competitive.

Glovia International understands the new challenges faced by global manufactures of all sizes. Whether you have a single factory in Mexico or a network of production facilities that span the globe, we can help. Our extended ERP solution provides you with the tools and capabilities you need to reduce costs, synchronize your supply chain, and meet your customers' needs.