saas, cloud & the supply chain

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The Future Of Supply Chain 2010“Cloud Based Services”

SAAS & the Supply ChainNeel SharmaManaging PartnerSPICE Technology GroupOct 23, 2010 Toronto Congress Center


ABOUT SPICE TECHNOLOGY GROUP

• Toronto-based SPICE leverages modern “cloud” technologies to help our manufacturing, retail & distribution (MRD) customers improve their competitive position substantially while also lowering operating costs.

• We focus on bringing SAAS business intelligence and SAAS data integration capabilities to our clients.

• Our customers find that our executive dashboards, on-demand business reporting services and multi-enterprise visibility & integration helps reduce costs by as much as 50% and increase customer service levels by 25%

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SAAS BI & DI Platform

Managed Services Reporting & Data Integration

Industry Dashboards


Supply Chain – Traditional Definition

Logistics, transportation, warehousing, …possibly purchasing ….[OPERATIONAL]

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= Supply Chain


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Supply Chain – Future

…An integrated focus on the global flow of goods-cash-information across the value chain [STRATEGIC]

BUY

MAKEMOVE

SERVE

PLAN

SERVE & SELL

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Customers

DistributorsRaw Material

ComponentFactory

Retail StoreSystemFactory

Enterprise

Suppliers

Customers

DistributorsRaw Material

ComponentFactory

Retail StoreSystemFactory

Enterprise

Suppliers

Image: Aberdeen Group


COMPUTING – a quick history

An evolution …..increase in speed and ubiquity, decrease in costs

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Punch card Mainframes Mini Computers PC Client-Server Cloud & MobileInternet


CLOUD COMPUTING

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Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.

Cloud computing is a paradigm shift following the shift from mainframe to client–server in the early 1980s. Details are abstracted from the users, who no longer have need for expertise in, or control over, the technology infrastructure "in the cloud" that supports them.

- Wikipedia


CLOUD: WHAT IS IT, REALLY?

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Data Centre

Business Logic

Knowledge

Business Process & Resources

MobileData & Code

Kitchen Sink

YOU

MARKET-READY APPLICATIONS &

BUSINESS PROCESSES AVAILABLE

ON-DEMAND

FIREWALL

ANYTHING-AS-A-SERVICE

Communities


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1. InfrastructureHardware, Data Centre

2. MiddlewareIntegration

3. DevelopmentTools, Code, Testing &

Support

5. Business Process

4. ApplicationOn-premise, Licenses

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Infrastructure-as-a-ServiceIAAS

Integration-as-a-ServiceCloud Integration, Cloud EDI, SOA

Development-as-a-ServicePlatform-as-a-Service, Open Source, SOA

Business Process OutsourceBPO, Managed Services, ITeS

Software-as-a-ServiceHosted Single/ Multi-tenant, Usage-based

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Lower cost

Lower complexity

Faster time to market

No obsolescence

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BENEFITS OF “CLOUD”

$x,000s $x,000,000

1-2 Teams 5-10 Teams

Days/Weeks Months/Years

Utilization Licenses/Upgrades


Supply Chain “EDI” for mid size Retailer

• Traditional Model $3 M– 4M, 5 years to implement

• Cloud/SAAS Model: <$500k, 40 weeks-to-benefit

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“Supply Chain Custom App” for mid size Retailer

• Traditional Model $1.5M, 2 years to implement

• Cloud/SAAS Model: <$100k, 30 weeks to benefit

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SAAS, CLOUD & THE SUPPLY CHAIN –TOP INITIATIVES

(SHEEP-TO-SHELF)

VISIBILITY &

REPORTING

eInvoicing

E-Commerce

Master Data & SKU Rationalization

Multi-Channel Integration

EDI & Web PO, Invoice, ASN

Scan-based Trading

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SC Infrastruvure(ERP, WMS, etc)


EVOLUTION OF SUPPLY CHAIN PRIORITIES

DATA & COMPLIANCE

PAST

BUSINESSPROCESS &

PRODUCTIVITY

CURRENT

INSIGHT & ACTION

FUTURE

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