Supply Chain Management Implementation Services
Patni’s service offerings span the full spectrum of the supply chain lifecycle.
These offerings range from evaluation and implementation of supply chain
solution frameworks to post-implementation and integration of these frameworks with other back-end enterprise applications.
Patni offers the following services for developing solutions based on ERP packages:
Evaluation and Supply Chain Management Implementation Services
Patni’s services feature end-to-end Supply chain management implementation solutions. Our project planning and execution methodology leverages the right resources with the correct balance of skills and locational availability, to achieve speedier implementations.
Patni’s evaluation and supply chain management implementation services include:
Mapping business processes into existing legacy/ERP systems
Integrating ERP with SCM for transfering master data, incremental data and transaction data
Implementation and rollout services for the following SCM modules:
- Demand planning
- Supply network planning
- Production planning and detailed scheduling
- Global Available to Promise (GATP)
- Transportation planning and scheduling
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Supply Network Collaboration.
Post-Supply Chain Management Implementation Services
Patni’s post-Supply Chain Management implementation services include:
Maintenance
Reporting
Integration.
Maintenance
Patni provides ongoing support and maintenance for installed Supply chain management solutions from ERP vendors and third party providers. Patni offers 24x7 coverage on an SLA framework. The application maintenance-specific methodology focuses on service levels and key performance indicators to deliver expected and acceptable support.
Patni’s strong production-support metrics data management enables root cause analysis for application support requirements. It also helps reduce call volumes and user problems over a 6 to 12 month period.
Reporting
With demonstrated expertise in the planning and execution of projects to enhance existing SCM implementations, Patni provides implementation of many planning processes, as well as OLAP reporting for business analysis and decision support. Patni offers technical support for maintenance of SCM interface, reporting and analysis.
Integration
Patni’s solutions integrate existing ERP systems with SCM applications. Patni has been instrumental in building and maintaining interfaces of various SCM products such as i2 and Manugistics. Our interface monitoring and analysis tools help to provide suitable alerts for analysis and corrective action by users.
Patni delivers seamless integration of third-party SCM products to the ERP backbone, including:
Integration of SCM products to MES and other shop floor systems
Technical support for maintenance of SCM Interface, reporting, analysis
Enhancing the scope of SCM implementations for forward/back stream integration of planning processes.
To ensure successful operational execution, Patni provides post-supply chain management implementation user training and process orientation, while applying legal changes and enhancements, and fixing existing application errors.
Data Migration and Upgrade Services
Patni’s comprehensive migration and upgrade services include upgrades to
a current SCM package version or migration from one package version
to another. We also provide:
Testing/Verification and Validation services for rollouts and add-on functionality with respect to vendor collaboration extranets
Master Data uploads including data upload management for current and historical analysis, and data harmonization and upload from other sources.