The supply chain of today comes with new and more challenging pressures. Each one is impacted by the effect of globalisation, be it from competing markets or erratic economies. The result is increasingly unpredictable demand and in turn unpredictable volume. In such an environment, managing cash-flow within a business becomes key. It is already accepted that inventory sitting in the supply chain for weeks on end is undesirable and should be minimised, in which case the emphasis then shifts to managing the accuracy, predictability and availability of that inventory in relation to projected demand. Rapidly changing consumer preferences and a heightened awareness of ‘green’ issues also drive the profile of this global demand.  In today’s supply chain, all of yesterday’s rules have been re-written. Governance, discipline and control are now the ultimate tamers of cost and unpredictability.

This means that many of the solutions currently in the market have lost their relevance in this new world. Solutions must be more inclusive in their scope of offering. Why should a manufacturer, lead logistics provider, freight forwarder or 3PL need to purchase three or four solutions and spend months integrating them in order to provide ‘some kind’ of end-to-end visibility and execution? Why should complexity, granularity and vertical markets inhibit the ability of a software solution to perform? Today, the need is for solutions that seamlessly encompass the entire supply chain, that drive processes of any level of complexity, that enforce compliance, governance and control and that provide a single control tower to the entire enterprise. Addressing all of these issues is the role played by ProAct’s supply chain execution solution.

ProAct solution provides:

• Planning and execution of complex supply chains
• Elevated governance and control
• Process compliance and disciplines
• Enterprise level control tower and portal
• One-stop-shop for all levels of supply chain execution; strategic, tactical & operational
• Control of cost, revenue, inventory and cashflow
• Flexibility to deal with unpredictable demand

In order to provide this unique capability, ProAct has invested 20 years of knowledge and experience in creating a single, seamless, integrated technology for the complete planning, management, execution and control of the entire supply chain. This single common database and technology provides single point, enterprise control and execution of the entire supply chain at strategic, tactical and operational levels. Such an extensive scope is not however at the expense of depth and sophistication of functionality