B2Wise
B2Wise is a DDMRP software, consulting, training company and it is also a compliant of Supply Chain Planning application that allows you sense changing customer demand, then to adapt planning and production while pulling inventory from work centres and suppliers - all in real time.Making DDMRP stick long-term requires a business to adopt a framework of continuous improvement that focuses on the enhancing the processes, supporting the people, fixing the data issues as well as the ensuring the application adapts with the business. To keep our clients DDMRP relevant, B2Wise make available a "DDMRP Coach" whose roles is to act as a sounding board for our clients as they adapt and grow. Results from DDMRP, have a lot to do with the level of adoption and commitment of management to the DDMRP principles across the entire company, and the more B2Wise's clients can learn from each other, the better.
- In addition to all the DDMRP functionalities, B2Wise also includes:
- Supply and demand planning portals to enable easy communication with suppliers and customers.
- Advanced forecasting and demand management functionalities, ideal for creating blended forecasts needed to handle seasonality.
- Functionality of B2Wise:
- The B2Wise blueprint was developed with planners in a live planning environment. Hence, apart from all the DDMRP functionality required to run a distribution and manufacturing setup, B2Wise includes a number of super-cool planning features designed to make a planner's task easier.
B2Wise Features
- Simple, automated integration with your ERP system.
- Flexible deployment in the cloud or on-premise.
- Multi-regional and multi-language.
- SSO integration and role-based security.
- User friendly and scalable.
- B2Wise provides a flexible interface to allow users to map their data files from any source.
Demand Management and Forecasting Module
- Importing customer specified forecasts.
- Selection of the best-fit algorithms using tournament techniques.
- Collaboration with colleagues and customers using a consensus forecasts.
- Hierarchical forecasting techniques to improve seasonality and trend detection.
- This forecast can be used as an alternative adjustment factor to augment the DDMRP ADU calculation.
- Time to scale up the organisation to profitability.
- Armed with the learning from the pilots and the first-hand experience of running B2Wise live on a sub-set of your organisation, rolling out B2Wise is much easier.
Data Integration:
The B2Wise application has a fully integrated Demand Management and Forecasting module. This module generates a line item forecast using tournament techniques, calculates forecast errors over the decoupled lead time horizon, and monitors forecast stability, and alerts users to sharp changes in future demand.
Armed with the learning from the pilots and the first-hand experience of running B2Wise live on a sub-set of your organisation, rolling out B2Wise is much easier. All that is now required is to expanded the data set and then to follow B2Wise's structured deployment process to ensure success.
What is DDMRP?
DDMRP is fast growing and its loudest supporters are not consultants or software vendors, but hardened business professionals that have transformed their supply chains. Its methodology is built on the principle that if you protect and promote the FLOW of relevant information and materials, you will maximise the Return on Investment.
DDMRP is an end-to-end multi-echelon solution which is applicable in both a simple and complex supply chain. It is highly effective on
- Short and long lead time purchased parts
- Manufactured, sub-assembled and critical non-stocked manufactured parts
- Finished inventories within the distribution environment
