Service Oriented 3 tier platform enabling a rich set of 'horizontal', configurable solution sets across verticals
The flexible S3 RTVS™ solution platform enables a rich set of 'horizontal'solution sets and templates for solution sets scenarios across verticals that can be further customized and deployed in a rapid, scalable manner. With a focus on automating the real-time and human-workflows that are natural extensions to the structured business process, the S3 Edge Solution portfolio provides partners and end-users with customizable commercial off the shelf software components to deploy end-end solutions in the following areas.
Work-In-Process visibility for complex manufacturing operations
- Tracking of Optical lenses, electronic component sub-assemblies, parts used in automotive manufacturing, PCB’s
Operational visibility into warehouse operations
- Picking, cross-dock, put away, and shipping operations
- Real time inventory of assets
High value Asset Tracking
- IT / Datacenter visibility
- Tracking of high-value items such as sunglasses, perfumes, jewelry, apparel, VMI in hospitals, oil and gas equipment
- Receive, put away, stock taking, reconciliation, in-store display
Proactive & “On Demand” product recall
- Closed loop visibility for real time product location
- Recall at source to prevent downstream supply chain contamination
In order to better understand issues we are faced with in the above areas on a daily basis, consider the following:
- Lack of control in distributed global supply chains, leading to significant product delays and SLA violations
- Long lead times (upto +25%), and inefficient asset utilization due to lack of real-time visibility into order processing on shop floor
- Orders delivered being out of whack relative to actual requirements (upto 50% of last mile spent on rush shipments) due to poor warehouse visibility
- Inventory and stocks-outs issues in areas where demand is not stable
- 47% of IT assets (up to 80% of an enterprises capex) lost attributed to employee theft
- Time and effort spent in performing error prone manual inventory
- Asset location & reconciliation is usually manual and out of date with electronic record
- 9M toys recalled last year, “Slim chance of getting back even 10%”
- 9M laptop batteries & 46M cell phone batteries recalled in 08 alone ; Other product recall areas include flu shots, pet food, milk, infant items, defective tires, drugs, medical equipment, vaccines, salmonella poisoning in the food chain…
The snapshot above is a bellwether indicator that ‘Business as usual’ is not a viable option anymore for near-term sustainability, competitiveness & OpEx for enterprises in the future.
To overcome these hurdles, organizations are increasingly turning to real time tracking and human workflow processing with RFID & sensor systems in a structured manner to create transformational business value for themselves and their customers.
Benefits being gained today as a direct result of this approach are illustrated below.
In summary, if any of the questions in the checklist below resonates with issues that you are facing with today, get in touch with us today to find out if and how the RTVS™ approach can help solve your issues while leapfrogging your competition and improving customer loyalty:
- Current manufacturing / warehouse operations are inefficient and error-prone to support growth and throughput targets i.e. time and effort is being spent in resolving issues due to lack of operation visibility
- Witnessing multifold increase in SLA violations in supply chain, impacting customer satisfaction
- Life’s are being lost, lawsuits are being filed due to lingering of tainted products in the supply chain and need to put systems in place to comply with the new CPSC regulations.
- Dealing with inefficient lifecycle management of assets (ex: IT) directly impacting resource utilization, CapEx
We look forward to working closely with you to address these issues and providing a new level of service to your customers!
