Sterling Commerce and ESYNC | TranSystems Deliver World-Class Distributed Fulfillment to Customers
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Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) subsidiary, and ESYNC | TranSystems, a strategic supply chain consulting firm, today announced a relationship to address companies' needs to solve complex order fulfillment challenges. The relationship focuses on supply chain execution - the warehouse and transportation processes that enable companies to lower inventory levels, improve customer satisfaction, and increase operational efficiency. Sterling Commerce and ESYNC are highlighting best practices as part of their participation in DC/Expo in Chicago this week (Booths #615 and #404 respectively).
"Fifty-seven percent of all companies surveyed placed inventory management at the top of their 'most wanted' technology list," said Beth Enslow, senior vice president,
Enterprise Research and Supply Chain Practice Leader at Aberdeen Group of a recent survey conducted for Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies. "Inventory really pulled away as a core focus, and one reason for this high level of interest is the growth in complex, global supply chains."
"Changing market conditions are creating new challenges in fulfillment that require a different approach to supply chain execution. To succeed, companies must manage the complexity of delivering multiple product lines across multiple customer channels, from a matrix of warehouse types, and through multiple delivery options," said Lorne Jones, logistics industry executive at Sterling Commerce. "The relationship between Sterling Commerce and ESYNC will help companies profitably manage across all these dimensions by combining our best-of-breed supply chain execution software with ESYNC's proven best practices and consulting expertise."
The relationship between Sterling Commerce and ESYNC will help companies transform their fulfillment systems into strategic differentiators by using Sterling Commerce supply chain execution solutions - Sterling Warehouse Management Solution (WMS) and Sterling Transportation Management (TMS) - and ESYNC strategic consulting and implementation services. ESYNC, with methodologies and best practices learned from more than 90 implementations completed over the last five years, helps guide the customer to update their processes and procedures.
"ESYNC prides itself on working with the leading supply chain applications providers in order to deliver the best-of-breed solutions our customers need to compete in today's complex world," said John Sidell, principal at ESYNC. "We combine the power of these solutions with our approach to supply chain strategy, facility design, project planning and software evaluation and selection to ensure that our clients' best interests are at the forefront of all we do."
The Sterling Commerce supply chain execution solutions orchestrate the delivery of goods and services across the extended enterprise. Sterling WMS and Sterling TMS reduce inventory, transportation, and warehouse costs by automating resource-intensive processes:
o Sterling WMS enables innovative inventory strategies by allowing companies to manage inventory globally across all fulfillment locations. To meet varying requirements, it provides the industry's highest level of configurability and supports multiple operating requirements across industries, customers, products and warehouse types.
o Sterling TMS is the leading on-demand network for transportation management, providing a 7000+ member logistics network that increases capacity and simplifies and automates carrier communications. It enables shippers and carriers to view, plan, execute, settle and analyze their inbound and outbound transportation.
ESYNC associates bring a depth of experience in supply chain operations and large, complex warehouse management systems (WMS) projects. Building upon this considerable background, ESYNC offers the most effective deployment process in the supply chain consulting industry. ESYNC supply chain execution services include business case development, supply chain and inventory stocking optimization, and workforce productivity analysis. These services will ensure that the customer's supply chain strategy and programs are closely aligned with corporate strategy and performance metrics, including:
o Business case development helps companies build the value proposition for their warehouse, labor and transportation infrastructure improvement initiatives.
o Supply chain and inventory stocking optimization uses modeling tools and seasoned operational expertise to help design and deploy the right inventory optimization strategy.
o Workforce productivity analysis ensures the operations team's workload is balanced and sequenced to reduce unnecessary downtime and improve productivity.
About ESYNC | TranSystems
ESYNC is a strategic supply chain consulting, integration and implementation services firm that helps clients achieve bottom-line results by bringing the real world experience, methodologies and seasoned resources necessary to meet their supply chain challenges. ESYNC's service offerings facilitate development of supply chain strategies, optimize logistics networks and operations and, when appropriate, deploy technology and software systems. In April of 2007 ESYNC merged with TranSystems, a full-service transportation infrastructure and management consulting company. For more information, visit www.esync.com or www.transystems.com.
About Sterling Commerce
Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), helps 80 percent of the FORTUNE® 500 thrive in a global economy by solving complex business process challenges. The company's innovative software and services integrate customers' systems ¯ inside and outside the four walls of the enterprise ¯ so companies can conduct business without borders. Sterling Commerce solutions help customers adopt best practices in e-sales, supply chain execution, payment processing and business-to-business integration. The solutions also give executives and front-line managers greater visibility inside and outside the enterprise in order to improve profitability, reduce costs and minimize risk. Sterling Commerce enables businesses to innovate key processes in real time, while continuing to deploy ERP or transaction system infrastructures. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, Sterling Commerce has unparalleled experience in retail, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, financial services, supply chain, logistics, and telecommunications. More information on Sterling Commerce can be found at www.sterlingcommerce.com.
