Collaboration Gateway: Join Your Key Partners in Creating More Success

Manhattan Associates' Inventory Optimisation suite includes the Collaboration Gateway and Vendor Managed Inventory solutions. These solutions provide the means to build closer relationships with your key trading partners at many levels.

With Collaboration Gateway, your organization can allow valued partners access to inventory, replenishment events and other specific data involving goods they sell to you or buy from you. Collaboration between trading partners is enabled through an Internet portal, with completely secure access.

Today, trading partners can use Collaboration Gateway in requisitioning and replenishment processes. For example, you and a key supplier can employ the Manhattan Associates' technology to negotiate the details of a requisition online. Once the terms are agreed upon, the requisition can trigger appropriate purchase orders in ERP or purchase order management systems.

Benefits of collaborative requisition management include:

• Improved communication and documentation of negotiations with suppliers
• Reduced cost of goods sold by identifying opportunities to consolidate purchase orders for volume discounts
• More efficient planning to meet future demand
• Reduced errors by monitoring the requisition process

Coming: Greater Collaboration Capabilities

Future enhancements to Collaborative Gateway will enable you to collect key business data across Demand Forecasting, Promotion Planning, Assortment Planning and Replenishment solutions into a central location where the trading partners can collaborate on sourcing and replenishment initiatives. This collaboration framework will facilitate information exchange across any assortment mix, including regular cycle stock items, seasonal items, promotional items and fashion items.

Contact Information: To learn more about Manhattan Associates' supply chain solutions, simply complete the information request form, and we will contact you. For telephone inquiries, call +61 2 9454 5400 or e-mail anzinfo@manh.com.au