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Packaged composite application, Supply Network Gateway(TM) v6.0, improves revenue recognition and inventory accuracy by enabling customers to better recognize, manage, and project revenue-generating transactions at remote partner locations. It meets all technical and business criteria established by SAP for its SAP® xApps(TM) Certified - Powered by SAP NetWeaver® status. Covering remote receipt, cycle count, and shipped goods business processes, software runs on SAP NetWeaver platform.
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ClearOrbit's Supply Network Gateway Composite Application Receives SAP xApps Certified Status
- New Solution Enables Companies to Manage Drop Shipment and VMI Replenishment to Customers within a Multi-Enterprise Network -
Austin, Texas - January 16, 2007 - ClearOrbit ( www.clearorbit.com ), a leading provider of real-time supply chain execution and returns management solutions, announced today that its Supply Network Gateway(TM) packaged composite application version 6.0 has received "SAP® xApps(TM) Certified - Powered by SAP NetWeaver®" status. ClearOrbit's Supply Network Gateway runs on the SAP NetWeaver platform and is built with the SAP Composite Application Framework (SAP CAF) tool Release 7.0. It improves revenue recognition and inventory accuracy by enabling customers to better recognize, manage and project revenue-generating transactions at remote partner locations. The certification was achieved by demonstrating that Supply Network Gateway meets all of the technical and business criteria established by SAP for its SAP xApps Certified status. ClearOrbit's composite application covers the following three business processes: remote receipt, cycle count and shipped goods.
With Supply Network Gateway, manufacturers can provide third party logistics providers (3PL) and contract manufacturers secure access to their SAP solution-based system to track end-customer orders, shipments, inbound receipts and inventory positions. By extending their system-running SAP solutions to trading partners at offsite facilities, manufacturers are able to reduce costs and increase accuracy while maintaining visibility and control over the entire fulfillment and replenishment process.
Attaining SAP xApps Certified status of Supply Network Gateway follows the recent announcement of achieving "Powered by SAP NetWeaver" status for ClearOrbit's Enterprise Returns Management(TM) (ERM) solution, which launched in October.
"With the SAP xApps Certified status of Supply Network Gateway, ClearOrbit has taken yet another step toward deepening our support for SAP solutions and customers using those solutions," said John Reece, CEO of ClearOrbit. "We see tremendous value in SAP's ecosystem and its strategy for the SAP xApps family of composite applications, providing enterprise services that support the development of solutions that deliver value to customers and decrease total cost of ownership. Our dedication to extending this support and to driving technology innovation across the extended supply chain creates a combination ideally suited for helping customers manage the supply network and leverage their investment in SAP solutions. By completing the certification to achieve SAP xApps Certified status, we can ensure easy integration and reduced ongoing maintenance costs, which translates into rapid return on investment for our customers."
ClearOrbit's Supply Network Gateway captures transactions in real-time as they occur at remote locations, resulting in more accurate inventory data within mySAP ERP, which better reflects the physical inventory environment. By increasing the speed and accuracy of inventory information at remote partner locations (such as vendor managed inventory (VMI) hubs and 3PL distribution centers) companies can realize increased visibility across the supply chain, reduced shipping errors, reduced inventory levels, faster VMI deployments, and faster revenue recognition.
ClearOrbit leveraged deep functional and technical expertise in automating trading partner transactions in the development of Supply Network Gateway. "With experience in dozens of trading partner automation projects involving thousands of external suppliers, 3PLs, and contract manufacturers, ClearOrbit has developed a unique perspective on what it takes to make integration of trading partners successful," said Warren Sumner, vice president of marketing and strategy, ClearOrbit. "We are pleased to leverage this expertise to help manufacturers and distributors running SAP solutions better manage their supply networks."
Through SAP xApps Certified status, partners and ISVs like ClearOrbit deliver on the promise of enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) following the principles and standards of SAP's composite architectural guidelines. Composite applications that are certified by the SAP Integration and Certification Center reuse, integrate and orchestrate functionalities from existing application assets in the context of an enterprise SOA, with only selective development of new functionality where it is needed to fill gaps. A composite application provides new application functionality, supports analysis followed by action (rather than mere read-only views) and enables the execution of business processes from start to finish. It has the potential of repeatable deliveries to multiple customers.
About ClearOrbit
ClearOrbit's real-time supply chain execution and returns management solutions improve the speed, visibility, and control of extended manufacturing and distribution supply chains. Since 1994, Austin, TX-based ClearOrbit has assisted more than 275 clients in automating and controlling process execution within their extended supply networks. ClearOrbit delivers on the promise of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as those provided by SAP with fully integrated supply chain execution, trading partner integration, and reverse logistics solutions that address "last mile functionality" issues while complementing the existing infrastructure. ClearOrbit customers include market leaders such as Alcoa, Cisco Systems, General Electric, Motorola and Texas Instruments. For more information, visit www.clearorbit.com .
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