Today, supply chain analysis is one of the most prosperous departments for business intelligence. The automatic shipment tracking systems and systems electronically interchanging data have added to supply chain management data. This growth in data makes it difficult to have a deep look into the performance metrics. Monitoring and analysis of inventory trends, vendor performance and distribution network efficiency has become very crucial to respond accurately to market feedback.

The Business Intelligence Advantage

• Get an up-to-date view of each phase of the supply chain to expose issues before they result in problems.
• Percolated information helps suppliers and production planners take corrective action and fine tune plans and schedules.
• Empower executives in charge with the power to oversee important metrics of supply chain like quality of vendor, inventory shortages and production yields along with other key performance indicators.
• Identify critical supply chain details like most reliable suppliers with balances outstanding, inventory of warehouses, and material demand/supply chain.
• Get an overview of current stock status, location and value with inventory investment and distribution details.
• Monitor stock levels and fluctuations affecting customer demand.
• Generate report on time-to-delivery, quality and plant/department/shift wise costs to monitor organisational effectiveness.
• Keep track of product cycle, inventory age, patterns of routing, material usage and substitutions.
• Evaluate trends and manage inventory and distribution, uncover vendor performance problems and realize supply chain costs and inefficiencies.
• Meet forecasted goals by continuously evaluating supply and demand during production and distribution.