Supply chain software that fits your people, your processes, and your IT environment.

There’s an imbalance in your company. Onethat reduces productivity. Degrades customerservice. Shrinks bottom-line profitability. Itstands in the way of your ability to efficientlyschedule operations and execute meaningfulavailable-to-promise programs. It’s theimbalance between supply and demand.

This challenge is multi-faceted. Addressing itsuccessfully requires a software solutioncapable of balancing strength and scalabilitywith usability.

Arkieva™ advanced planning and scheduling(APS) software solutions have beensuccessfully adopted and sustained by ourcustomers in North America, Europe, andAsia to more profitably plan demand,manage inventories, optimize supply andschedule production.

Delivering Real Bottom-Line ValueIn case after case, Arkieva software hasdelivered measurable results to customers.

Existing Arkieva customers have reported:• 35% reduction in finished inventory• 2-4% reduction in total variable cost• 35-50% improvement in forecast accuracy• 15% increase in plant utilization• 10% increase in perfect order fill rate

Maximize Supply Chain Responsiveness and Profitability

“Using Arkieva, Momentive has significantlyreduced inventory, increased margins, and improvedon-time deliveries.”

Paul Johnson, Vice President Global Supply Chain Plan Process,

Momentive

• Configurable: Arkieva’s architecture hasbeen designed to easily incorporatebusiness rules unique to your supply chainin the planning application.

• Fully Integrated: Arkieva tools have beendeveloped by our team, from scratch, asan integrated decision support framework.

• Collaborative: Arkieva solutions are highlycollaborative, allowing users acrossbusiness functions to contribute and becommitted to the same plan.

User Interface Layer: A multi-user, role-based system. • Role-based access to Arkieva features and functions. • Composed of standard Arkieva software components (100%

Microsoft) that are not affected if and when Configuration Layerchanges are made.

Configuration Layer: Represent unique planning aspects of a business. • Planning nuances are modeled here such as demand

segmentation rules, or penalties for inventory and/orchangeover costs.

• Limits configuration to the database, resulting in a tool whichcan adapt over time without impacting the end-user or requiringadditional integration work.

Arkieva Standard Planning Layer: “Out-of-the-box” planning solution. • Preconfigured data set and software features that support

all planning functionality across demand, inventory, and supply planning.

• Attribute Based Planning enables addition of all attributesmeaningful to users, and Dynamic Reporting Hierarchies allowindividual users to view information in a way that makes sense to them.

Integration Layer: Simple design built for many-to-one relationship. • Configured for multiple systems (inputs). • Changes to source systems (ERP upgrade or wholesale

replacement) require very little rework at the Integration Layer.

• 100% Microsoft: Arkieva software is builtaround the Microsoft paradigm andintegration with desktop tools like Excel isseamless.

The strength to handle the most challengingplanning environments in a tool no morecomplex to use than Microsoft Excel. Thisbalance of strength and user-friendlinessmeans that Arkieva products are used overtime and our clients don’t backslide intoplanning with spreadsheets.

Arkieva architecture eases integration, adoption, and use.

Arkieva’s unique architecture separatescomponents for extracting data, organizing thisdata, and providing planning and schedulingfeatures to planners. Business rules unique to acompany are modeled in the ConfigurationLayer of the database, without affecting thesource data, basic planning features, orchanging the user interface (UI). The result is aplanning tool that fits your people, yourprocesses, and your IT environment.

In the supply chain management marketplace, Arkieva™

stands out from peer planning systems in four key respects:

Collaborative Demand PlannerA highly collaborative demand planningapplication which allows distributed teams tofocus on one shared plan for the company.Planners can easily compare the inputs frommultiple collaborators and freeze plans forlater metrics calculations and continuousimprovement efforts. While intuitive, the toolis also robust, having been used by as manyas 100 users in a single planning teamacross sales, marketing, and operations.

Inventory PlannerThe Arkieva Inventory Planner provides acurrent snapshot of inventory health andhighlights imbalances across a network. WithArkieva, you can easily see trends developingand anticipate problems before they get outof hand. Questions about safety stock needsand inventory positioning can now be basedon today’s inventory investments relative todemand – in real time and at detailed levels.

Supply PlannerA true optimization solution balancing theresources, constraints and costs of supply tomeet demand. It considers materialrequirements (including manpower), capacityutilization, trans-shipment possibilities, andother constraints and cost trade-offs indeciding when and where products should beproduced. It allows “what if?” analysis alongmany dimensions, organizing production,inventory and distribution resources to meetdemand at the highest profit and lowest costglobally.

Replenishment PlannerA simulation-based engine to plan productionand replenishment to satisfy demand andinventory targets across a distribution network,based on rules that define your supply chainand corporate priorities. The ReplenishmentPlanner also facilitates raw material planningand sourcing decisions with built in MRPcapability and allows you to prioritizecustomers or distribution channels whensupply is severely constrained.

S&OPExecutive-level reporting that is preconfiguredfor an S&OP process for sales, operations,and finance business users. Arkieva S&OPcollects and integrates all the data needed forS&OP meetings and pre-meetings (demandplanning and supply/demand balancing).Both tables and graphs are available to showS&OP level aggregations and as much detailas desired.

Finite SchedulerThe Arkieva Finite Scheduler was designedfrom the ground up to support the needs ofthe modern supply chain. A scheduler canimmediately see the impact of a decision onthe shop floor and shipment schedule.Scheduling and distribution functions areintegrated in the tool, making the entireproduction-distribution chain visible to the enduser. By encoding rates, changeover times,multi-level BOMs, routings, and capacityconstraints, a good schedule can be createdalmost immediately.

Available-to-Promise (ATP)No more blind promising of orders withoutknowing whether product will be available.Arkieva ATP provides all the informationnecessary to present customers alternatives intime, shipping locations, or substitute productswhen necessary.

Arkieva™ software tools are an integrated solution set that fully supports an organization’s Sales andOperations Planning (S&OP) needs.

“With Arkieva, we spend a lot less time maintainingthe system and a lot more time using it.”

Harold Upton, Vice President,

Sunsweet Growers

A Trusted PartnerFounded in 1993, Arkieva has consistentlyprovided software tools to support effectivesupply chain management. In hundreds ofapplications, Arkieva has established atradition of expertise, professionalism, and amission to consistently exceed customerexpectations.

Global 1000 companies use Arkieva tools tosupport the needs of their supply chain teamsin the Americas, Europe, and Asia. We strivefor long-term relationships and measure thesuccess of our software by the longevity of useby our customers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Arkieva work with my existing systems(including ERP)?Yes. Arkieva tools are built entirely fromMicrosoft components and use standardinterface and connectivity tools to collectsource data, organize it, and make itavailable to end users. Arkieva tools aremodular and can be implemented individually

or as an integrated planning suite. As aresult, we have clients that use Arkievasoftware as an end-to-end planning solution,while others strengthen their existing supplychain tools with a single feature set, such asinventory optimization.

What makes Arkieva different from otherbest-of-breed planning solutions? The single largest differentiator of our toolset isthat it has been designed to easily representthe nuances that define competitiveadvantage in your supply chain. Thesenuances are rarely major, but are critical tousers continuing with the solution and notbacksliding into planning with spreadsheets.

Manufacturers select Arkieva™ software and expertise to manage the complexities and nuancesof their supply chain.

Why not use the planning tools embedded inmy ERP?The answer comes down to the complexity ofyour supply chain. For very simple supplychains (e.g., machines and even entire plantsare dedicated to a single product),embedded ERP features and spreadsheets willwork fine. When a company shares

resources across manufacturing facilities,sources material across regions, or regularlyneeds to re-plan throughout the month, rigidfunctionality and spreadsheets break down.

Can Arkieva support our global business? Yes. Most Arkieva clients have operations inmore than one global region, and ourcompany revenues are divided across theAmericas, Europe, and Asia.

How do we demonstrate the ROI of anadvanced planning investment? All companies are carefully measuring thereturn from any investment of time andorganizational resources in today’s economy.

An Arkieva consultant can help identify thebenefits of advanced planning to yourcompany – simply call us for assistance.

When is the right time to begin an advancedplanning project? In almost 20 years of providing advancedsupply chain solutions, we’ve learned that it is

rarely a matter of “when” but “how.” Majorbig-bang approaches to these tools rarelyresult in software that is successfully adopted.Though it’s necessary to have a defined end-state, an incremental approach focused onone critical supply chain problem (inventoriesor customer fill rates, for example) is the bestway to begin. Specific, focused efforts thatdrive measurable financial return are lessdisruptive, build momentum, and advanceorganizational competence in supply chainmanagement over time.

For full details and a no-obligation discussion on how Arkieva tools can deliver measurable results to your organization, please call 302-738-9215 or visit

www.arkieva.com.

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