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Manugistics Group, Inc., a global provider
of demand and supply chain management solutions, has launched a
comprehensive framework of solutions and assessment services designed
to help organisations apply global best practices and develop solution
strategies to enhance the security of global supply chains.
According to Manugistics, security initiatives
fall into two broad categories - secure business planing and the
physical security of the supply chain. To ensure a secure business
plan, today's leaders require the ability to do contingency planning
and run 'what-if' scenarios. Potential supply chain disruptions
must be anticipated and planned for, whether the disruptions are
due to a materials shortage or an external emergency. Public and
private organisations must continue to work more closely together
to ensure the physical security of supply chain, implementing stringent
controls over access and delivery of goods from source to destination.
 "Leading
organisations have long recognised that transparent and responsive
demand and supply chains help mitigate market volatility. Now, with
fast-breaking legislative and regulatory mandates and an increasingly
unpredictable global marketplace, demand and supply chain integrity
and performance is more than a competitive advantage - it is an
imperative," said Jeff Holmes, Manugistics executive vice president
and president, Government, Aerospace and Defense. "The world's
economies rely on business continuity regardless of disruptive events
like blackouts, terrorism, natural disasters, public health concerns
and labour disputes. We are prepared to help our clients ensure
that business planning, performance, and security is protected by
putting the right procedures and solutions in place to handle any
contingency. This flexibility and adaptability has been inherent
to Manugistics DNA for many years."
Secure Business Planning solutions
Companies regularly lose market share and revenue due to security
failures and unexpected events in the supply chain. Manugistics’
Secure Business Planning service can help organisations plan and
execute rapid responses to unexpected events.
Manugistics' Emergency Planning and Simulation
offering provides an easy-to-integrate, highly scalable end-to-end
solution framework for contingency planning. This enables businesses
to plan for critical internal supply chain event management, while
adapting to unanticipated external events. New capabilities such
as the ability to tap emerging sources of RFID and GPS data, for
example, are boosting data quality for unprecedented accuracy in
event management, simulation planning, and emergency contingency
planning.
Secure Supply Chain solutions
Manugistics’ Emergency Planning and Simulation solutions provide
government agencies, manufacturers, and distributors with real-time
visibility and monitoring of their assets along with scenario simulation.
These capabilities help confirm and ensure the status, security
and integrity of goods throughout a global supply chain. Monitoring,
alerting, and event monitoring capabilities allow deviations to
planned activity to be handled in real-time. An audit trail linking
supply chain operational and financial transactions also helps in
ongoing efforts to fine tune and continually improve on security
best practices.
www.manugistics.com
•Date:
29th October 2003 •Region: N.America/World
•Type: Article •Topic:
BC general
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